Question

5y2 - 2y - 3

Answer 1

will u help me

Answer 2

5y2 -5y+3y -3
5y(y-1)+3(y-1)
can you do it further???

Answer 3

im a lil confused

Answer 4

Since 5 and 3 are prime, your solution will look like:

(5y )(y )

and in the blank area you will be placing one of the 4 following pairs of factors:

+3 -1
-3 +1
+1 -3
-1 +3

The reason you have only these 4 choices is that the numeric is -3 and these are the 4 ways to factor -3. At this point, you have to try all 4, but you can eliminate the last 2 because that will give a rather large positive or negative "y" term. So, you really only have to try the first 2.

Answer 5

so it would b the first one

Answer 6

Yes, that is correct! Good job!

Answer 7

thanks will u help me again