Algebra Examples

$x^{2} - x - 2$

Step 1

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $- 2$ and whose sum is $- 1$ .

$- 2, 1$

Step 2

Write the factored form using these integers.

$(x - 2) (x + 1)$

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$