A Delicious Problem

Algebra Level pending

Decompose the following expression in a product of factors:

E ( x ) = ( 5 x ² 6 x ) ( 5 x ² 6 x + 3 ) + 2 E(x) = (5x² - 6x)(5x² - 6x + 3) + 2

( 4 x 7 x + 8 ) ( 8 x 2 2 x + 5 ) (4x - 7x + 8)(8x^2 - 2x + 5) ( 5 x 2 6 x + 2 ) ( 5 x 2 6 x + 5 ) (5x^2 - 6x + 2)(5x^2 - 6x + 5) ( 5 x 2 6 x + 2 ) ( 5 x 2 6 x + 1 ) (5x^2 - 6x + 2)(5x^2 - 6x + 1) ( 2 x 7 x + 2 ) ( 3 x 2 6 x + 5 ) (2x - 7x + 2)(3x^2 - 6x + 5)

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2 solutions

Gabi Dobre
Dec 18, 2015

First, we need to name the expression which appears twice with a letter : "k"

5x² - 6x = k

After that, the main expression will become :

E(x) = E(k) = k(k + 3) + 2 = k² + 3k + 2

"What numbers have the sum equal to 3 and the product equal to 2 ?"

So, 3k is composed by 2k + 1k:

E(k) = k² + 2k + k + 2 = k(k + 2) + 1(k + 2) = (k + 2)(k + 1)

Now, we return to our main expression :

E(k) = E(x) = (5x² - 6x + 2)(5x² - 6x +1)

And the initial expression is a product of factors :

E(x) = (5x² - 6x + 2)(5x² - 6x +1)

Jihoon Kang
Dec 20, 2015

Notice that the constant term of the expression E ( x ) E(x) is 2, and only 1 of the given choices give you 2 for the constant term.

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