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Factorise: a squared -9a + 20? What are all the steps?

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a² - 9a + 20

Factorization!

The sum is: -9
and the product is: 20

Since the sum is negative, the numbers that gave the outcome will be negative because the product is positive as well.

What and what adds to gives us -9?
What and what multiplies to give us 20?
-10 + 1 gives us -9
But the product will be -10 × 1 = -10 (its incorrect)

-4 - 5 = -9
(-4) × (-5) = 20

These satisfy both the sum and the product.

The expression will be:
(a - 4)(a - 5)




Factorise: a squared -9a + 20? What are all the steps?-example-1
User Sadra
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First, factorise the quadratic equation a^2 - 9a+ 20Find two numbers which add up to 9 and multiply to give 20. These numbers are 4 and 5.(a - 4) (a - 5)
Does that make sense?
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