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Case VII.

Two numbers whose product is 18, and the larger number negative, are 18 and 1, 9 and 2, 6 and 3, and the sum of the last two numbers is 3. Hence, x23x18=(x6)(x+3).

Exercise 38.

Resolve into factors:

  1. a2+5a+6.
  1. a25a+6.
  1. a2+6a+5.
  1. a26a+5.
  1. a2+4a5.
  1. a24a5.
  1. c29c+18.
  1. c2+9c+18.
  1. c2+3c18.
  1. c23c18.
  1. x2+9x+14.
  1. x29x+14.
  1. x25x14.
  1. x29x+20.
  1. x2x20.
  1. x2+x20.
  1. x210x+21.
  1. x24x21.
  1. x2+4x21.
  1. x215x+56.
  1. x2x56.
  1. x210x+9.
  1. x2+13x+30.
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