Hi, 2x^2 - 7x = 15 2x^2 - 7x -15 = 0 factoring (2x + ?)(x - ?) will need to be the format of the factoring (2x +3)(x -5) = 0 works as 3x - 10x = -7x (2x +3)=0 x = -3/2 (x -5)=0 x = 5