factor: -5t^2 + 20t + 50

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Guest Oct 27, 2014

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-5t² + 20t + 50

-5(t² - 4t - 10)

This cannot be factored any farther using whole numbers.

By completing the square, you can get: -5(t - 2 + √14)(t - 2 - √14). (Don't wory about this answer, unless you have been doing advanced algebra.)

geno3141 Oct 27, 2014

geno3141 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-27T02:02:13

-5t² + 20t + 50

-5(t² - 4t - 10)

This cannot be factored any farther using whole numbers.

By completing the square, you can get: -5(t - 2 + √14)(t - 2 - √14). (Don't wory about this answer, unless you have been doing advanced algebra.)

CPhill · Answer 2 · 2014-10-27T01:58:36

-5t^2 + 20t + 50 .....taking out the greatest common factor, we have

-5(t^2 - 4t - 10)

And that's it......!!! (the trinomial inside the parenhteses isn't factorable)