Trish states that the initial factors of 48 do not affect the prime factorization. Explain why Trish is correct.

Ithink it can be put them in order by 4 possible ways.that mean 3 group of 10 rocks,or an another group of 8 rocks.

The given  0 = x + 2 + x2 can and should be re-written as  0 = 1x^2 + 1x   + 2.   thus, a=1, b=1 and c=2.   the discriminant is b^2-4ac, or 1^2-4(1)(2), or1-8=-7.because the discriminant is negative we have two complex roots.