Question

What is the factored form of the polynomial?x^2 + 2x - 24

Answer 1

Let's try to factorize this polynomial

`x^2+2x-24=(x+)(x-)`

in the blank spaces we have to put numbers that multiplied are 24, and substracted are +2. So we have 6 and 4

`x^2+2x-24=(x+6)(x-4)`

So the factored form of the polynomial is (x+6)(x-4)