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Factor this expression
3x^2-11x-20

User Malgaur
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Answer:

(3x+4)(x-5)

Explanation:

User Cheliyan
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Answer:

(3x-4)(x+5)

Step-by-step explanation: First set up a diamond problem. Find what two numbers add to 60 since 3*20 and add to -11. That would be 15 and -4. Then draw a 2x2 box, and put in 3x^2 the -20, 15x and -4x. Then find the factors. Hope that helped! :)

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