Factor x^2+xy-56y^2

$x^{2} + x y - 56 y^{2}$

Step 1

For a polynomial of the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , rewrite the middle term as a sum of two terms whose product is $a \cdot c = 1 \cdot - 56 = - 56$ and whose sum is $b = 1$ .

Reorder terms.

$x^{2} - 56 y^{2} + x y$

Reorder $- 56 y^{2}$ and $x y$ .

$x^{2} + x y - 56 y^{2}$

Factor $1$ out of $x y$ .

$x^{2} + 1 (x y) - 56 y^{2}$

Rewrite $1$ as $- 7$ plus $8$

$x^{2} + (- 7 + 8) (x y) - 56 y^{2}$

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} - 7 (x y) + 8 (x y) - 56 y^{2}$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$x^{2} - 7 x y + 8 (x y) - 56 y^{2}$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$x^{2} - 7 x y + 8 x y - 56 y^{2}$

Step 2

Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.

Group the first two terms and the last two terms.

$(x^{2} - 7 x y) + 8 x y - 56 y^{2}$

Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.

$x (x - 7 y) + 8 y (x - 7 y)$

Step 3

Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, $x - 7 y$ .

$(x - 7 y) (x + 8 y)$

Factor x^2+xy-56y^2

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