document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983376>Question 983376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find a positive value for k for which the polynomial can be factored.	x^2 – kx + 29 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here are all of the ways to multiply to 29 (using 2 whole numbers only)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1*29 = 29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1*(-29) = 29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The first factorization 1*29 has the factors add to 1+29 = 30.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second factorization -1*(-29) has the factors add to -1+(-29) = -30. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So k is either +30 or -30. Because we only want a positive number for k, we have  k = 30.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The form is x^2 – kx + 29. If k = 30, then we have x^2 – 30x + 29 factoring to (x - 29)(x - 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the final answer is k = 30\r<BR>\n" );
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