x^2 + 2x + 56 can't be factored.*
If you plug it into this thing called the quadratic formula you get this:
(-2+-sqrt(4-4(1)(56)))/2
(-2+-sqrt(4-224))/2
(-2+-sqrt(-220))/2
You can't do the square root of a negative number, so there's no solution.
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* Assuming, as an algebra student, you haven't encountered things like complex math, i = square root of -1, etc..