How do you factor x^2+4x-12?

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Meave60
May 2, 2015

The answer is (x-2)(x+6)

Determine what two numbers when added together make the coefficient of x, in this case 4, and when multiplied together make the constant, in this case -12. For this problem, the two numbers are 6 and -2.

6+(-2)=4, and 6xx(-2)=12.

The factorization of x^2+4x-12=(x-2)(x+6).

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