Question

6x^2+x-12 in factored form

Answer 1

6x²+x-12

the first thing we need to do is find 2 numbers that add up to equal the middle term (1) but multiply together to get a product of -72 (-12*6)

two numbers that would fit this is 9 and -8
so now we placed 9x and -8x in place of the middle term

6x²+9x-8x-12

now we look for whats common between the first two numbers and divide them out

6x²+9x = 3x(2x+3)

now we do the same with the last two numbers

-8x-12 = -4(2x+3)

notice how the numbers in brackets are the same (2x+3)
we will keep (2x+3) and then combine the numbers on the outside

once we do that you should get an answer of 

(3x-4)(2x+3)

hope this helped!