Step 4: What is the common factor in both terms of the
resulting expression?
2x
3
= (2x+ + 6x) + (5.
Group 1
= 2x(x + 3) + (5x +
x + 3
= 2x(x + 3) + 5(x =
Step 5: Use the distributive property to write the factored
form of the polynomial.
(x + 3)(2x + 5)
(2x + 3)(x + 5)
Common factor: x
Correct!
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