How do you factor the expression $6x^2+23x-4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-04T13:34:59

$(6x - 1)(x + 4)$

You are looking for factors of 6 and 4 which subtract to give 23.

6 x 4 =24 and 1x1 = 1. The difference between these is 23.
The signe will be different, but the larger product must be positive.

$(6x - 1)(x + 4)$

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