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Dmitrij [34]
3 years ago
7

Fill in the blank with a constant, so that the resulting expression can be factored as the product of two linear expressions: 2a

b-6a+5b+___ Please include an explanation too!
Mathematics
1 answer:
Vitek1552 [10]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

2ab - 6a + 5b - 15

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

2ab - 6a + 5b + \_

Required

Fill in the gap to produce the product of linear expressions

2ab - 6a + 5b + \_

Split to 2

(2ab - 6a) + (5b + \_)

Factorize the first bracket

2a(b - 3) + (5b + \_)

Represent the _ with X

2a(b - 3) + (5b + X)

Factorize the second bracket

2a(b - 3) + 5(b + \frac{X}{5})

To result in a linear expression, then the following condition must be satisfied;

b - 3 = b + \frac{X}{5}

Subtract b from both sides

b - b- 3 = b - b+ \frac{X}{5}

- 3 = \frac{X}{5}

Multiply both sides by 5

- 3 * 5 = \frac{X}{5} * 5

X = -15

Substitute -15 for X in 2a(b - 3) + 5(b + \frac{X}{5})

2a(b - 3) + 5(b + \frac{-15}{5})

2a(b - 3) + 5(b - \frac{15}{5})

2a(b - 3) + 5(b - 3)

(2a + 5)(b - 3)

The two linear expressions are (2a+ 5) and (b - 3)

Their product will result in 2ab - 6a + 5b - 15

<em>Hence, the constant is -15</em>

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