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Match the trinomials with their factors. Tiles a2 + a − 20 a2 − 9a + 20 a2 − 8a − 20 a2 − 12a + 20 a2 − 19a − 20 Pairs Factors Trinomials (a − 4)(a − 5) arrowBoth (a − 10)(a − 2) arrowBoth (a − 4)(a + 5) arrowBoth (a − 10)(a + 2) arrowBoth

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For this case we have to factorize the following trinomials as the product of two binomials.
We have then:
a2 + a - 20
(a + 5) (a-4)

a2 - 9a + 20
(a-5) (a-4)

a2 - 8a - 20
(a-10) (a + 2)

a2 - 12a + 20
(a-10) (a-2)

a2 - 19a - 20
(a-20) (a + 1)
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