How do you factor $y = x^{2} - 5 x + 4$ $y= x^2 - 5x + 4$ ?

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How do you factor $y = x^{2} - 5 x + 4$ $y= x^2 - 5x + 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-18T16:36:32

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We have, $y = x^{2} - 5 x + 4$ $y=x^2-5x+4$
Carrying out middle term factorization,we get,
$y$ $y$ = $x^{2} - 4 x - x + 4$ $x^2-4x-x+4$
Or, $y$ $y$ = $x (x - 4) - 1 (x - 4)$ $x(x-4)-1(x-4)$
Thus , $y = (x - 1) (x - 4)$ $y=(x-1)(x-4)$

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