document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237354>Question 237354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find all integers m which y^2 + my + 50 can be factored </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #174549 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=174549\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First list all products of integers that equal 50 beginning with 1:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1*50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 Doesn't work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 Doesn't work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5*10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6, 7, 8, and 9 don't work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10*5 is the same as you already have.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the combinations are 1*50, 2*25, and 5*10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The SUMS of these numbers must equal the middle term, which is \"my\".  So these numbers must be 1+50=51, 2+25= 27, and 5+10=15.  Also, the numbers could be negative, so the final answers are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "{51, 27, 15, -15, -27, and -51}.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seminole State College of Florida<BR>\n" );
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