Question 434657
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Presuming you mean to ask if the trinomial can be factored over the rational numbers, the answer is no.


Consider the discriminant, that is the part of the quadratic formula under the radical, *[tex \Large \Delta\ =\ b^2\ -\ 4ac\ =\ 40081], which is NOT a perfect square.  A trinomial is factorable over the rationals  if and only if the discriminant is a perfect square.



John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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