Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 10 - Review - Page 358: 30

Answer

$5(x+12)(x-13)$

Work Step by Step

Taking a common monomial factor, we get $$5x^2-5x-780=5(x^2- x-156).$$ Since $12$ and $-13$ are factors that satisfy $12-13=-1$ and $12(-13)=-156$, we have $$ 5(x^2- x-156)=5(x+12)(x-13) .$$
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