Question

can someone help me with the steps on factoring 10x^2-46xy-20y^2 i think i got step 1 right and stuck on step 2

Answer 1

well the first thing you can do is take 2 out

Answer 2

=2(5x^2 - 23xy - 10y^2)

Answer 3

o i got x^2 - 46xy - 200y^2 i guess i did that wrong

Answer 4

o ok i see how you did that so yea i did do it wrong be a number can come out on all of them ok

Answer 5

to factor the part in the brackets

Answer 6

you need to combine the following numbers so as to get a product of -10
, 5 and add/subtract to get -23

Answer 7

ok i think i got it from there i hope