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5x² - 17x + 6

 

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(5x-2)(x-3).

How to do it? Factors of 5 are 5 and 1 so we have (5x...)(x...) to start with.

The sign of the constant is + so we have (5x-...)(x-...) or (5x+...)(x+...). The sign of the x term tells us that it must be minus in both. 

Factors of 6 are 1 and 6 or 2 and 3. The coefficient of the middle term is 17 so we are looking at which factors of 6 satisfy. Here are all the possibilities (the + is the same sign as the constant +6):

  • 5*1+1*6=11
  • 5*6+1*1=31
  • 5*2+1*3=13
  • 5*3+1*2=17

The last one gives us what we want. That means 3 goes in the other bracket to the one containing 5:

(5x-2)(x-3)

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5^2+-17x​+6

5*6=30; -15x-2=30; -15+-2=-17

(5x-15)(5x-2) now simpify it

(x-5)(5x-2)
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