SOLUTION: {{{18z+45+z^2}}}. Please help me factor

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Question 291734: 18z%2B45%2Bz%5E2. Please help me factor
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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18z%2B45%2Bz%5E2. Please help me factor

Rearrange terms in descending order:

z%5E2%2B18z%2Bred%2845%29

Write down all pairs of positive integers which have product 45:

1*45=45
3*15=45
 5*9=45
 
z%5E2%2B18zred%28%22%2B%22%2945

Since the last sign is red%28%22%2B%22%29, out beside those pairs,
write their sum
 
1*45=45   1+45=46
3*15=45   3+15=18
 5*9=45    5+9=15

z%5E2%2Bred%2818%29z%2B45

Look for the red red%2818%29 among them. 

We find it at the pair of factors 3 and 15,
so we write

(x   3)(x   15)

Since the last term of z%5E2%2B18z%2B45 is
positive, the signs are like and are the
same as the sign of the middle term %22%22%2B18z%22
So the factorization is

(x + 3)(x + 15)

Edwin