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Split The Middle Term

6x2 + 19x - 20

  1. Multiply the first and last coefficients to get a key number:
    6 × -20 = -120
  2. Factor the key number:
    -120 = -1 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
  3. Find two factors that add up to the coefficient of the center term:
    24 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3, -5 = -1 × 5
  4. Split the center term into two terms, each using one of the previously found factors as a coefficient:
    (6x2 + 24x) + (-5x - 20)
  5. Factor each binomial so you have the same terms in each parentheses:
    6x(x + 4) + -5(x + 4)
  6. Take out each binomial’s coefficient, making them a binomial, multiply that new binomial by the old binomial you had:
    (6x - 5)(x+4)
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