Math Help - Factorising

1. Factorising

Hi! I am having trouble factorising these:

6xsquared - 11x - 35

6xsquared - 37x + 45

Can someone please show me worked examples to these. And sorry, I don't know how to use latex but I will learn it soon to make mathematical interpretations easier.

Any help will be appreciated heaps!!!

2. Here's a thread that demonstrates how to factor general quadratic equations: Tips on factoring, a not equal to 1

Go through that and see what you can come up with. If you have any troubles, feel free to post again.

3. just have to play with them a bit ...

$6x^2 - 11x - 35 = (3x + 5)(2x - 7)$

$6x^2 - 37x + 45 = (3x - 5)(2x - 9)$

4. Originally Posted by Joker37
Hi! I am having trouble factorising these:

6xsquared - 11x - 35

6xsquared - 37x + 45

Can someone please show me worked examples to these. And sorry, I don't know how to use latex but I will learn it soon to make mathematical interpretations easier.

Any help will be appreciated heaps!!!
$6x^2-11x-35$

Here's what I do:

$6\times35=210$

Find 2 factors of 210 that add up to -11.

$210=2\cdot3\cdot5\cdot7$

Replace -11x with -21x+10x

$6x^2-21x+10x-35$

Group the first two terms and the last two terms

$(6x^2-21x)+(10x-35)$

Factor out common factors in each group

$3x(2x-7)+5(2x-7)$

$\boxed{(3x+5)(2x-7)}$

5. Originally Posted by masters

$\boxed{(3x+5)(2x-7)}$
Will it still be considered correct if you put (2x-7)(3x+5) instead of (3x+5)(2x-7)?

6. Originally Posted by Joker37
Will it still be considered correct if you put (2x-7)(3x+5) instead of (3x+5)(2x-7)?
Absolutely. Multiplication is commutative.

$a \cdot b=b \cdot a$