Elementary Technical Mathematics

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

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Factoring General Trinomials - Exercise - Page 356: 1

Answer

$$(5x+2)(x-6).$$

Work Step by Step

For the polynomial $$ 5x^2-28x-12 $$ we check the factors of $ac=5(12)=60$. The only factors that can give the right middle term are $2$ and $-30$, as follows $$5x^2-28x-12=(5x+2)(x-6).$$
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