Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Factorise me!

We can use completing the square or cross-method to factorise a quadratic expression.

Can x ² + x + 1 be factorised using any of the methods?

Why / why not?

13 comments:

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

it cant be factorised,the x in the question should be 2x................hmmm...not too sure but thats my ans! =D

Anonymous said...

it cnt be factorised cuz the x in the question should be 2x...i think...mayb?

Anonymous said...

It cant be factorised using all the methods given due 2 the fact that the equation is in its simplest form i.e it can be factorised, unless the equation is being altered somehow

Anonymous said...

I do not think it can be factorised with either 2 method as the middle term should b 2x not 2 sure but thats my ans

Anonymous said...

canbe factorise but canot find the answer

Anonymous said...

obvious cant factorise b'cause x2+x+1 is nt possible cos the x nid 2 be a 2x for it to be able to factorise.........yup!I'm sure XD

Anonymous said...

tsk tsk tsk...hmmmmm
cannot factorise!...
thts my final answer...
ps. eugene copy andhika

Anonymous said...

Yes, most of u are correct! he expression (not equation, Grace) can't be factorised at all.

And good suggestion raised, if the expression is x²+2x+1, then it can be factorised as (x+1)².

Can u give an example of a quadratic expression that can be factorised if it starts with 2x²?

Anonymous said...

it can't be factorised
the 'x' in the question must have a coefficient as 2,then can it be factorised ...i think so

Anonymous said...

it can't be factorised.
x in e question shld b 2x, then it can be factorised. [ehh, not sure not sure eh..]

Anonymous said...

for the 2x²,
how about trying 2x²+3x+27.
i think it should be able to factorise.

Anonymous said...

x^2+x+1 doesn't have any real roots (decriminant is the square root of negative 3, which doesn't exist on the real plane) hence why you can factorise it using a normal method. Try checking out the curve of the equation to see what i mean!