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IGetOwnedByGeometry777
16th June 2008, 04:13 PM
There's this one polynomial I'm trying to factor but this is as far as I got

15x²-11x-6=(-5x ?)(-3x ?)
StuartS
16th June 2008, 05:51 PM
This does not factorise.
mathsmad
29th August 2008, 07:20 PM
There's this one polynomial I'm trying to factor but this is as far as I got

15x²-11x-6=(-5x ?)(-3x ?)

Are you sure it is -11x or is it -13x?
If it is 15x²-13x-6, the factors are (3x+1)(5x-6). Ans.