Question

5x2 – 9x – 2

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot]

This is a quadratic trinomial that can be factored as:

(5x + 1)(x - 2)

To check, you can use FOIL (first, outer, inner, last) method:

5x * x = 5x^2
5x * (-2) = -10x
1 * x = x
1 * (-2) = -2

Combine like terms:

5x^2 - 9x - 2

Therefore, (5x + 1)(x - 2) is the correct factored form of 5x2 – 9x – 2.