Question

Factor the expression completely. Begin by factoring out the lowest power of each common factor.

20x^-1/2 +9x^1/2 +x^3/2

Answer 1

`20 {x}^{ - (1)/(2) } + 9 {x}^{ (1)/(2) } + {x}^{ (3)/(2) } = {x}^{ - (1)/(2) } (20 + 9x + {x}^(2) ) \\ {x}^{ - (1)/(2) }(x + 4)(x + 5)`