Basic Math Examples

$m^{2} - 4 m - 32$

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 $- 32$ and whose sum is $- 4$ .

$- 8, 4$

Step 2

Write the factored form using these integers.

$(m - 8) (m + 4)$