How do you factor the trinomial 15m^2 + 19m + 6?

1 Answer
Dec 23, 2015

(m+2/3)*(m+3/5)

Explanation:

first make sure the coefficient of m^2 is 1
you can factorize a quadratic polynomial in the form:
m^2+(sum of two numbers)m+(product of two numbers)
let the two numbers be a,b
so, from the equation, we have
a+b = 19/15 & a*b = 6/15

solve this 2 equation 2 unknown by substituting either a=6/(15b) or b=6/(15a) into the eq a+b=19/15
on solving you get the two numbers a & b as 2/3,3/5
now, you can write:
m^2+(2/3+3/5)m+(2/3*3/5)
m^2+2/3m+3/5m+(2/3*3/5)
m(m+2/3)+3/5(m+2/3)
(m+2/3)*(m+3/5)