Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 10 - Review - Page 358: 32

Answer

$$(4x-1)(3x-4).$$

Work Step by Step

For the polynomial $$ 12x^2-19x+4 $$ we check the factors of $ac=12(-4)=-48$. The only factors that can give the right middle term are $-16$ and $-3$, as follows $$12x^2-28x+15 =(4x-1)(3x-4).$$
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