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Help! I dont understand this math question

Help! I dont understand this math question-example-1
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Answer:

Last option

Explanation:

If we expand,
(x+2)(x+7)=x^2+9x+14, and we see that the middle term is not negative. Thus, we need to make both factors negative so that
(x-2)(x-7)=x^2-9x+14.

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