Question

What did Nimesh want to do with the stack of 100 rupee notes he had in his pocket?

Answer 1

Explanation:

STEP1:Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 1.1     Factoring  p2-12p-13 

The first term is,  p2  its coefficient is  1 .

The middle term is,  -12p  its coefficient is  -12 .

The last term, "the constant", is  -13 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • -13 = -13 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  -13  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -12 .

     -13   +   1   =   -12   That's it

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -13  and  1 

                     p2 - 13p + 1p - 13