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Pls help I can't figure out how to factor this polynomial​

Pls help I can't figure out how to factor this polynomial​-example-1
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If you replace y = 2x + 1, it's much clearer what the common factor among the terms in the sum are.

3xy + 10y = (3x + 10) y

so the factorization would be

3x (2x + 1) + 10 (2x + 1) = (3x + 10) (2x + 1)