How do you factor $x^2+10x+3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-22T15:06:49

You can find its roots and then turn them into factors.

Let's use Bhaskara.

$(-10+-sqrt(100-4(1)(3)))/2$

$x_1=-5-sqrt(22)$
$x_2=-5+sqrt(22)$

So, equaling them to zero will give you the factors:

$(x+5+sqrt(22))(x+5-sqrt(22))$

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