The polynomial is
.
The general quadratic expression form is
.
In the above trinomial,
.Since
is positive and
is negative, so m and p are both negative.You need to find two negative factors with a sum of
and a product of
.
Make a list of the factors of 28 and look for the of factors with the sum of
.

There is no factors with a sum of
.So, the quadratic expression cannot be factored using integers.Therefore, is
prime.
The polynomial,
is prime.