SOLUTION: Please solve by factoring, 3x^2+11x-20=0

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Question 176926: Please solve by factoring,
3x^2+11x-20=0

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation


Factor the left side


Now set each factor equal to zero:

or


or Now solve for x in each case


So the answers are

or

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