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What are the factors of (x^2-15x+56)?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: (x-7)(x-8)

Direct answer: A, \((x-7)(x-8)\). For \(x^2+bx+c\), find two numbers whose product is \(c\) and whose sum is \(b\). Here the product must be 56 and the sum must be -15. The numbers -7 and -8 satisfy both conditions: \((-7)(-8)=56\) and \(-7+(-8)=-15\). Therefore \(x^2-15x+56=(x-7)(x-8)\). Option B has product 56 but sum +15, so it gives a positive middle term. Option C has product 56, but its sum is -18, giving \(-18x\). Option D has product 56, but its sum is -57, giving \(-57x\). A reliable check is to multiply the constant terms and add the numbers in the brackets; both tests must work, not just one. When the constant is positive and the middle coefficient is negative, both integer factors are negative.

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