SOLUTION: factor x^2+2x+5 please solve it

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Question 405440: factor
x^2+2x+5
please solve it

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It doesn't factor over the integers because the only factors of 5 are +-5, +-1. You could factor based on the roots of the equation:



The only factorization of this quadratic is .

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