SOLUTION: How do you factor 24x2-6x-45 completely?

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Question 438213: How do you factor 24x2-6x-45 completely?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let's first take out 3 to get:
3(8x^2-2x-15)
This can be factored as:
3(4x+5)(2x-3)
Make sense?
RJ
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