SOLUTION: Please help me factor the polynomial X'2 + 6x + 5

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Question 953849: Please help me factor the polynomial
X'2 + 6x + 5
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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x^2+6x+5
x%5E2%2B6x%2B5

Work with the factors of 5, which are 1 and 5. Try putting them into the form and test how they could be arranged to give your expected product.

(x_____1)(x_____5)


Notice that all the operation symbols shown are PLUS.
Check then for %28x%2B1%29%28x%2B5%29.
Does that work to give the product given?

%28x%2B1%29%28x%29%2B%28x%2B1%29%285%29
continue working with that to finish checking. You would do the distributive property again.

x%5E2%2Bx%2B5x%2B5
x%5E2%2B6x%2B5