Question

Could someone walk me through factoring this?

Answer 1

6x^2 - 13x = 5

what I did first was subtract 5 so now it's
6x^2 - 13x - 5 = 0

Answer 2

I think it's going to look like this (x - )(x + ) but I don't know what the factors are going to be. I want to figure out how to do this and come to an answer rather be given one

Answer 3

rather than*

Answer 4

the 6 in front of x^2 makes it harder
it will look either like
(6x )(x )
or
(2x )(3x )
because the two x terms have to multiply to give you 6^2

Answer 5

Hmm okay, is it possible to split the term here?

Answer 6

the middle term I mean

Answer 7

one way I do it, is multiply the 6 times the last number 5 (ignoring the sign) to get 30
look at the factors of 30
1,30
2,15
3,10
5,6
we want the pair that have a difference of -13
that means 2,15 is the pair, and to get the correct sign 2, and -15

Answer 8

hers how i would do it