Question

factor (3x-5)(x^2-5) ≤ 0

Answer 1

Well, both of those are considered prime polynomials, but you can always write a difference like:

\(\Large x^2-a\) as a difference of squares:
\(\Large (x-\sqrt{a})(x+\sqrt{a})\)

in order to have a product of all 1st-degree binomial factors.

Answer 2

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