Answer:
15/3 =5 is the correct answer
the way I get the subsequent term, nevermind the exponents, the exponents part is easy, since one is decreasing and another is increasing, but the coefficient, to get it, what I usually do is.
multiply the current coefficient by the exponent of the first-term, and divide that by the exponent of the second-term + 1.
so if my current expanded term is say 7a³b⁴, to get the next coefficient, what I do is (7*3)/5 <----- notice, current coefficient times 3 divided by 4+1.
anyhow, with that out of the way, lemme proceed in this one.

so, following that to get the next coefficient, we get those equivalents as you see there for the 2nd and 3rd terms.
so then, we know that the expanded 2nd term is 24x therefore

we also know that the expanded 3rd term is 240x², therefore we can say that

but but but, we know what "n" equals to, recall above, so let's do some quick substitution
![\bf a^2n^2-a^2n=480\qquad \boxed{n=\cfrac{24}{a}}\qquad a^2\left( \cfrac{24}{a} \right)^2-a^2\left( \cfrac{24}{a} \right)=480 \\\\\\ a^2\cdot \cfrac{24^2}{a^2}-24a=480\implies 24^2-24a=480\implies 576-24a=480 \\\\\\ -24a=-96\implies a=\cfrac{-96}{-24}\implies \blacktriangleright a = 4\blacktriangleleft \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ n=\cfrac{24}{a}\implies n=\cfrac{24}{4}\implies \blacktriangleright n=6 \blacktriangleleft](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20a%5E2n%5E2-a%5E2n%3D480%5Cqquad%20%5Cboxed%7Bn%3D%5Ccfrac%7B24%7D%7Ba%7D%7D%5Cqquad%20a%5E2%5Cleft%28%20%5Ccfrac%7B24%7D%7Ba%7D%20%5Cright%29%5E2-a%5E2%5Cleft%28%20%5Ccfrac%7B24%7D%7Ba%7D%20%5Cright%29%3D480%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20a%5E2%5Ccdot%20%5Ccfrac%7B24%5E2%7D%7Ba%5E2%7D-24a%3D480%5Cimplies%2024%5E2-24a%3D480%5Cimplies%20576-24a%3D480%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20-24a%3D-96%5Cimplies%20a%3D%5Ccfrac%7B-96%7D%7B-24%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cblacktriangleright%20a%20%3D%204%5Cblacktriangleleft%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20~%5Cdotfill%5C%5C%5C%5C%20n%3D%5Ccfrac%7B24%7D%7Ba%7D%5Cimplies%20n%3D%5Ccfrac%7B24%7D%7B4%7D%5Cimplies%20%5Cblacktriangleright%20n%3D6%20%5Cblacktriangleleft)
Add y to both sides
60=48y+y
undistribute y
60=y(48+1)
60=y(49)
divide both sides by 49
60/49=y
You divide the 15x by the 124. I know it sounds weird because you'll get a decimal, but that is what you are supposed to do because 124 is not a factor of 5.