Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.5 - Factoring Polynomials - Exercise Set - Page 70: 142

Answer

$b=8, -8, 16, -16$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $x^2+bx+15$, the last term $15$ can be the product of the following two numbers: $3\times5, (-3)\times(-5), 1\times15, (-1)\times(-15)$ Step 2. The value of $b$ is the sum of the two numbers; thus we have $b=8, -8, 16, -16$ as possible values.
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