Question

When a trinomial is factored as (x+p)(x+q), what is the product of p and q?

Answer 1

The answer is the coefficient of the x-tem of the trinomial

Answer 2

hello :
(x+p)(x+q)= (x+p)² = x²+xq +xp +pq
x² + (p+q)x +pq .... is the trinomial is factored as (x+p)(x+q),