Decompose the following expression in a product of factors:
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First, we need to name the expression which appears twice with a letter : "k"
5x² - 6x = k
After that, the main expression will become :
E(x) = E(k) = k(k + 3) + 2 = k² + 3k + 2
"What numbers have the sum equal to 3 and the product equal to 2 ?"
So, 3k is composed by 2k + 1k:
E(k) = k² + 2k + k + 2 = k(k + 2) + 1(k + 2) = (k + 2)(k + 1)
Now, we return to our main expression :
E(k) = E(x) = (5x² - 6x + 2)(5x² - 6x +1)
And the initial expression is a product of factors :
E(x) = (5x² - 6x + 2)(5x² - 6x +1)