Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Finding Binomial Factors - Exercise - Page 350: 2

Answer

$(x+3)(x+5)$

Work Step by Step

The first term in each binomial must be x, since $x^2$ has no coefficient. The operation in each binomial must be addition, since each term in the trinomial is positive. $3+5=8$ and $3\times5=15$, so the other two terms are 3 and 5.
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