Question

Can someone help me factor this quadratic?
2x^2 - 7x + 5

Answer 1

You can write it as,
2x^2 - 2x - 5x + 5
= 2x(x-1) -5(x-1)
= (x-1) (2x-5)
So the roots of this quadratic equation are x=1 and x= 5/2

Answer 2

Nice !! Thanks. Could I have used the Quadratic Formula on this one?

Answer 3

Yes but only if this is an equation i.e, 2x^2 -7x + 5 =0
Then only we can talk about using the quadratic formula and its factors...
Hope it makes sense....

Answer 4

Perfect. Thanks for your help.

Answer 5

My pleasure.