Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Factoring General Trinomials - Exercise - Page 356: 39

Answer

$5a(2b+7)(b-5)$

Work Step by Step

For the polynomial $$ 10ab^2 -15ab -175a=5a(2b^2-3b-35) $$ we check the factors of $ac=2(-35)=-70$. The only factors that can give the right middle term are $-10$ and $7$, as follows $$ 10ab^2 -15ab -175a=5a(2b^2-3b+35)=5a(2b+7)(b-5) .$$
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