document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=123676>Question 123676</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factor the trinomial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s^2-15s+50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you have here is an expression, and expressions can't be \"solved\" but they can be simplified, or, given enough data, they can be evaluated.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor the trinomial:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s%5E2-15s%2B50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s%5E2-15s%2B50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The factors will look like:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28s%2Bm%29%2A%28s%2Bn%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28s%2Bm%29%2A%28s%2Bn%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2An+=+50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2An+=+50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Bn+=+-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Bn+=+-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's not too hard to see that if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+-5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+-5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n+=+-10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n+=+-10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2An+=+%28-5%29%28-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2An+=+%28-5%29%28-10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > =<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Bn+=+-5%2B%28-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Bn+=+-5%2B%28-10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so, the factors of the trinomial are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s%5E2-15s%2B50+=+%28s-5%29%28s-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s%5E2-15s%2B50+=+%28s-5%29%28s-10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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