SOLUTION: Can someone please help me? Factor and show work, If prime state this. 144-25t+t^2

Question 405579: Can someone please help me?
Factor and show work, If prime state this.
144-25t+t^2
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rearrange the terms to get

Looking at we can see that the first term is and the last term is where the coefficients are 1 and 144 respectively.

Now multiply the first coefficient 1 and the last coefficient 144 to get 144. Now what two numbers multiply to 144 and add to the middle coefficient -25? Let's list all of the factors of 144:

Factors of 144:
1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,16,18,24,36,48,72

-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-8,-9,-12,-16,-18,-24,-36,-48,-72 ...List the negative factors as well. This will allow us to find all possible combinations

These factors pair up and multiply to 144
1*144
2*72
3*48
4*36
6*24
8*18
9*16
12*12
(-1)*(-144)
(-2)*(-72)
(-3)*(-48)
(-4)*(-36)
(-6)*(-24)
(-8)*(-18)
(-9)*(-16)
(-12)*(-12)

note: remember two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number

Now which of these pairs add to -25? Lets make a table of all of the pairs of factors we multiplied and see which two numbers add to -25

First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	144	1+144=145
2	72	2+72=74
3	48	3+48=51
4	36	4+36=40
6	24	6+24=30
8	18	8+18=26
9	16	9+16=25
12	12	12+12=24
-1	-144	-1+(-144)=-145
-2	-72	-2+(-72)=-74
-3	-48	-3+(-48)=-51
-4	-36	-4+(-36)=-40
-6	-24	-6+(-24)=-30
-8	-18	-8+(-18)=-26
-9	-16	-9+(-16)=-25
-12	-12	-12+(-12)=-24

From this list we can see that -9 and -16 add up to -25 and multiply to 144

Now looking at the expression , replace with (notice adds up to . So it is equivalent to )

Now let's factor by grouping:

Group like terms

Factor out the GCF of out of the first group. Factor out the GCF of out of the second group

Since we have a common term of , we can combine like terms

So factors to

So this also means that factors to (since is equivalent to )

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Answer:
So factors to

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