Factor the expression $x^2+2x-5$

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Final answer to the problem

$\left(x+1\right)^2-6$
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Add and subtract $\displaystyle\left(\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2$

$x^2+2x-5+\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)^2- \left(\frac{2}{2}\right)^2$

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$x^2+2x-5+\left(\frac{2}{2}\right)^2- \left(\frac{2}{2}\right)^2$

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Learn how to solve factorization problems step by step online. Factor the expression x^2+2x+-5. Add and subtract \displaystyle\left(\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2. Divide 2 by 2. Divide 2 by 2. Calculate the power 1^2.

Final answer to the problem

$\left(x+1\right)^2-6$

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sec
csc

asin
acos
atan
acot
asec
acsc

sinh
cosh
tanh
coth
sech
csch

asinh
acosh
atanh
acoth
asech
acsch

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Main Topic: Factorization

In mathematics, factorization or factoring is the decomposition of an object (for example, a number, a polynomial, or a matrix) into a product of other objects, or factors, which when multiplied together give the original.

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