Please help me!! MATH FINAL EXAM TOMORROW!!!!!! ;(

Question

The area of a doubles tennis court can be represented approximately by the trinomial x^2 - x - 42.

 Factor the area to find binomials that represent the length and width of the tennis court.

 

Answer 1

X²-X-42

 

X²-7X+6X-42

 

X(X-7) + 6(X-7)

 

(X-7)(X+6)

 

 

Answer 2

(X+6)(x-7)

When you factor remember you need two numbers that add up to -1 and will multiply to -42