How do you factor the expression x^2 – 10x + 16?

Answer 1

you need to think of two numbers whose product is 16 ans whose sum is -10.The possible numbers are -8 and -2.Then you set up two sets of parantheses like below

(x-8)*(x-2)=0

then you are supposed to set them both equal to 0.As a result , we get x=8 and x=2