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Enter any value of b that will make the following expression factorable
x2 + bx + 13

User Shtut
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Answer:

14

Explanation:

?*?=13 and ?+?=b

since 13*1=13, you could replace b with 14, since 13+1=14.

this will factor out into (x+1)(x+13)

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