How do you factor 12x^2+19x+512x2+19x+5?

1 Answer
May 2, 2015

We can Split the Middle Term of this expression to factorise it

In this technique, if we have to factorise an expression like ax^2 + bx + cax2+bx+c, we need to think of 2 numbers such that:

N_1*N_2 = a*c = 12*5 = 60N1N2=ac=125=60
AND
N_1 +N_2 = b = 19N1+N2=b=19

After trying out a few numbers we get N_1 = 15N1=15 and N_2 =4N2=4

15*4 = 60154=60, and 15+4= 1915+4=19

12x^2+19x+5 = 12x^2 + 15x +4x + 512x2+19x+5=12x2+15x+4x+5

= 3x(4x + 5) + 1(4x+5)=3x(4x+5)+1(4x+5)

4x+54x+5 is a common factor to each of the terms

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