Asked by Alto saxaphone

Sophia was solving the following quadratic equation by factoring: x2−8x−20=0. Which choice shows the correctly factored form of this equation?

(1 point)

(x−5)(x−4)=0

(x−5)(x+4)=0

(x−10)(x+2)=0

(x−10)(x−2)=0

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
(x−10)(x+2)=0

Because -10 and 2 multiply to -20 and add to -8, so x^2−8x−20 = (x−10)(x+2).