Answer
Prime
Work Step by Step
For trinomials $x^{2}+bx+c$, we search for factors of $c$ whose sum is $b.$
There are no pairs of integer factors of 4 whose sum is $-2$.
The trinomial is irreducible, or it is prime.
Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13:
978-0-13446-914-0
Chapter P - Mid-Chapter Check Point - Page 71: 29
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