document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=940840>Question 940840</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My son is trying to solve 9x2+7x-56 he believes it cannit be factored.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not an equation, so there's nothing to solve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It cannot be factored with integers.  That's the definition of prime.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any 2nd order polynomial can be factored with its roots, but that would mean there are no prime polynomials --> no prime numbers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In short, your son is correct, it cannot be factored. </SPAN>\n" );
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