SOLUTION: Find all of the possible values for which x^2+kx+12 is factorable using integers.

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Question 880531: Find all of the possible values for which x^2+kx+12 is factorable using integers.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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Very few possibilities.

(x+1)(x+12), k=13
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(x+3)(x+4), k=7
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Also k=-13 or k=-7.

Possible values for k: -7, -13, 7, 13.