How do you factor $15x^2=7x+2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T22:23:19

See a solution process below:

First, we can rewrite this in standard quadratic form:

$15x^2 - color(red)(7x) - color(blue)(2) = 7x - color(red)(7x) + 2 - color(blue)(2)$

$15x^2 - 7x - 2 = 0 + 0$

$15x^2 - 7x - 2 = 0$

Now, we can factor this as:

$(5x + 1)(3x - 2) = 0$

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