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Which of the following quadratic trinomials cannot be factorised into two linear factors with integer coefficients?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(x^2+5x+7\)

The direct answer is D: \(x^2+5x+7\) cannot be factorised into two linear factors with integer coefficients. For a monic trinomial \(x^2+bx+c\), we need two integers whose product is \(c\) and whose sum is \(b\). For D, the factor pairs of 7 are 1 and 7, or their negative versions. Their positive sum is 8, not 5, so no suitable integer pair exists. The other options work: \(x^2+5x+6=(x+2)(x+3)\), \(x^2-7x+12=(x-3)(x-4)\), and \(x^2+4x+3=(x+1)(x+3)\). Thus D is the only choice that fails both required conditions. A useful warning is that a quadratic may still factorise over non-integer or irrational numbers; the question specifically restricts the factors to integer coefficients.

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FactorisationQuadratic TrinomialsInteger CoefficientsAlgebraic IdentitiesExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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