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Which is the correct factorised form of x² + 9x + 20?

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Correct answer: (x + 4)(x + 5)

The direct answer is B: (x + 4)(x + 5). For x² + 9x + 20, find two numbers whose product is 20 and whose sum is 9. The numbers 4 and 5 satisfy both conditions: 4 × 5 = 20 and 4 + 5 = 9. Therefore (x + 4)(x + 5) expands to x² + 5x + 4x + 20 = x² + 9x + 20. Option A has product 20 but sum 12, so it gives x² + 12x + 20. Option C has product 20 but sum −9, so it gives a negative middle term. Option D has product 20 but sum 21, producing the wrong middle coefficient. The safest check is always to multiply the selected factors and compare all three terms.

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FactorisationQuadratic TrinomialSum And ProductAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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