Factor 5x^2-10x-40

$5 x^{2} - 10 x - 40$

Step 1

Factor $5$ out of $5 x^{2} - 10 x - 40$ .

Factor $5$ out of $5 x^{2}$ .

$5 (x^{2}) - 10 x - 40$

Factor $5$ out of $- 10 x$ .

$5 (x^{2}) + 5 (- 2 x) - 40$

Factor $5$ out of $- 40$ .

$5 x^{2} + 5 (- 2 x) + 5 \cdot - 8$

Factor $5$ out of $5 x^{2} + 5 (- 2 x)$ .

$5 (x^{2} - 2 x) + 5 \cdot - 8$

Factor $5$ out of $5 (x^{2} - 2 x) + 5 \cdot - 8$ .

$5 (x^{2} - 2 x - 8)$

Step 2

Factor.

Factor $x^{2} - 2 x - 8$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $- 8$ and whose sum is $- 2$ .

$- 4, 2$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$5 ((x - 4) (x + 2))$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$5 (x - 4) (x + 2)$

Factor 5x^2-10x-40

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