Question

What is the factorization of 3x2 – 8x + 5?

Answer 1

Answer:

$(x-1)(3x-5)$

Step-by-step explanation:

Factorize means convert and expression into multiple factors.

You have to find to factor that multiplied equals the original equation. Firts of all you split the expression of  square X into 3X an X, so you  guarantee that when you multiply 3X by X, the result is 3X^2.

After doing that, you need to think in numbers that equals the middle term (8X) and the constant (5).

-1 and -5 guarantee you that the multiplication of them results into +5, so you start with those numbers. Then you have to find where to put them in order to find the -8X.

-5 x X = -5X

-1 x 3X = -3X

And adding those two expresion you find the -8X that you need!

Please try to solve it multiplying term by term and check the final equation.