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What is the completely factored form of x^2-6x-16

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First off you work out what adds together to make -6 and times together to make -16

-8 + 2 = -6

-8 * 2 = -16

then you place it in the form of (X +/- _)(X +/- _)

(X+2)(X-8)
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