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Given the following expression: 8x2 + 26x – 15 One of its simplified factors is: NOTE: If an answer is (x + 1), then do not use any spaces in your answer and be sure to include the parentheses. Your answer would look like this: (x+1)

Given the following expression: 8x2 + 26x – 15 One of its simplified factors is: NOTE-example-1
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We have the following:


8x^2+26x-15

simplify:


\begin{gathered} 8x^2-4x+30x-15 \\ 4x(2x-1)+15(2x-1) \\ (2x-1)\cdot(4x+15) \end{gathered}

The answer are (2x - 1) or (4x + 15)

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