SOLUTION: What is -4p^2-25?

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Question 76856: What is -4p^2-25?
Found 2 solutions by funmath, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is -4p^2-25?
This is a second degree binomial.
It's second degree because the highest sum of the exponents per term is 2
It's a binomial because there are two terms, -4p^2 and -25
Is that all the instructions ask for?
Happy Calculating!!!

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you want to factor this polynomial then:
First factor out a negative 1
-%284p%5E2%2B25%29
Now we can factor
ERROR Algebra::Solver::Engine::invoke_solver_noengine: solver not defined for name 'quadratic_factoring'.
Error occurred executing solver 'quadratic_factoring' .


So it turns out this quadratic cannot be factored