Question 1 of 5
A quadratic expression can be written in the form , where and are positive integers and . Which expression could be the quadratic?
Explanation
Expanding gives . Since , the coefficient of must be . That eliminates any expression without middle term . Also, because and are positive integers that add to , one possible pair is and . Their product is , so the quadratic could be .
Concept summary
For a quadratic written as , the expanded form is . The sum determines the middle coefficient, and the product determines the constant term.