To find a method for factorising an expression such as \(\mathbf {x^2 + 5x + 6}\), look at how that expression was arrived at by expanding two brackets.
In a quadratic expression, the highest power of \(x\) is \(x^2\). Factorise \(x^2 + 7x + 10\). To factorise this expression, find two numbers that have a product of +10 and a sum of +7. There are a ...