Factor the expression $x^2+5x-4$

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Final answer to the problem

$\left(x+\frac{5}{2}\right)^2-\frac{41}{4}$
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Add and subtract $\displaystyle\left(\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2$

$x^2+5x-4+\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2- \left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2$

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$x^2+5x-4+\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2- \left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2$

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Learn how to solve factorization problems step by step online. Factor the expression x^2+5x+-4. Add and subtract \displaystyle\left(\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2. Calculate the power \left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^2. Multiply the fraction and term in - \frac{25}{4}. Simplify the addition \left(x+\frac{5}{2}\right)^2-4-\frac{25}{4}.

Final answer to the problem

$\left(x+\frac{5}{2}\right)^2-\frac{41}{4}$

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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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