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 $\color{blue}{ a = 30 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = -30} $.
$$ a \cdot c = -900 $$Step 3: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = -900 $ and add to $ b = -11 $.
Step 4: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ -900 $ are:
| PRODUCT = -900 | |
| -1 900 | 1 -900 |
| -2 450 | 2 -450 |
| -3 300 | 3 -300 |
| -4 225 | 4 -225 |
| -5 180 | 5 -180 |
| -6 150 | 6 -150 |
| -9 100 | 9 -100 |
| -10 90 | 10 -90 |
| -12 75 | 12 -75 |
| -15 60 | 15 -60 |
| -18 50 | 18 -50 |
| -20 45 | 20 -45 |
| -25 36 | 25 -36 |
| -30 30 | 30 -30 |
Step 5: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = -11 }$
| PRODUCT = -900 and SUM = -11 | |
| -1 900 | 1 -900 |
| -2 450 | 2 -450 |
| -3 300 | 3 -300 |
| -4 225 | 4 -225 |
| -5 180 | 5 -180 |
| -6 150 | 6 -150 |
| -9 100 | 9 -100 |
| -10 90 | 10 -90 |
| -12 75 | 12 -75 |
| -15 60 | 15 -60 |
| -18 50 | 18 -50 |
| -20 45 | 20 -45 |
| -25 36 | 25 -36 |
| -30 30 | 30 -30 |
Step 6: Replace middle term $ -11 x $ with $ 25x-36x $:
$$ 30x^{2}-11x-30 = 30x^{2}+25x-36x-30 $$Step 7: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 5x $ out of the first two terms and $ -6 $ out of the last two terms.
$$ 30x^{2}+25x-36x-30 = 5x\left(6x+5\right) -6\left(6x+5\right) = \left(5x-6\right) \left(6x+5\right) $$