Question

Factor: 5x^2+35x+60

Answer 1

does that equal to 0?

Answer 2

okay
so I just found the definition of "factor.."

Answer 3

so what we want to do is find the common denominator for all those three numbers

Answer 4

yeah it is equal to 0 but you shouldnt havet o solve it's an expression your simplying not an equation that needs solving

Answer 5

they are all divisible by 5 as u can see..

Answer 6

yeah i see that the 5 in the gcf but the rest is not factorable? to the easy eye but clearly there is more to be done

Answer 7

do you get it up to now?

Answer 8

so it would be \[5\left( x ^{2}+7x+12 \right)\]

Answer 9

i would assume factoring the gcf first but that trinomial is not factorable right? which seems out of context as far as my assignbment goes

Answer 10

assignment*

Answer 11

if you set the equation to 0 then we can solve it

Answer 12

yeah but as far as the class im taking right now were not sloving quadratic equations were are just at the facotring polynomials right now

Answer 13

thats the furthest i would go if youre not using quad formula

Answer 14

because thats the furthest you can go if youre not solving and just factoring

Answer 15

the quadratic is factorable