SOLUTION: how do i factor 5x^2+12x-15

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Question 446676: how do i factor 5x^2+12x-15
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:



For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=444 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .




Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.907130750570548, -3.30713075057055. Here's your graph:
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