x(x-3) + 5(x-3)
What factors do both expressions have in common?
Answer, (x-3)
Can you factor now?
how do you factor this?
x(x-3)+5(x-3)
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so is it 3x^2+15x?
no its (x+5)(x-3)
Correct, (x - 3)(x + 5)