Step 1: Identify constants $ a $ , $ b $ and $ c $.
$ a $ is a number in front of the $ x^2 $ term $ b $ is a number in front of the $ x $ term and $ c $ is a constant. In this case:
Step 2: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 10 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = -30} $.
$$ a \cdot c = -300 $$Step 3: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = -300 $ and add to $ b = -13 $.
Step 4: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ -300 $ are:
| PRODUCT = -300 | |
| -1 300 | 1 -300 |
| -2 150 | 2 -150 |
| -3 100 | 3 -100 |
| -4 75 | 4 -75 |
| -5 60 | 5 -60 |
| -6 50 | 6 -50 |
| -10 30 | 10 -30 |
| -12 25 | 12 -25 |
| -15 20 | 15 -20 |
Step 5: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = -13 }$
| PRODUCT = -300 and SUM = -13 | |
| -1 300 | 1 -300 |
| -2 150 | 2 -150 |
| -3 100 | 3 -100 |
| -4 75 | 4 -75 |
| -5 60 | 5 -60 |
| -6 50 | 6 -50 |
| -10 30 | 10 -30 |
| -12 25 | 12 -25 |
| -15 20 | 15 -20 |
Step 6: Replace middle term $ -13 x $ with $ 12x-25x $:
$$ 10x^{2}-13x-30 = 10x^{2}+12x-25x-30 $$Step 7: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 2x $ out of the first two terms and $ -5 $ out of the last two terms.
$$ 10x^{2}+12x-25x-30 = 2x\left(5x+6\right) -5\left(5x+6\right) = \left(2x-5\right) \left(5x+6\right) $$