Step 1 :
After factoring out $ 3b $ we have:
$$ 3b^{3}+24b^{2}+45b = 3b ( b^{2}+8b+15 ) $$Step 2 :
Step 2: Identify constants $ \color{blue}{ b }$ and $\color{red}{ c }$. ( $ \color{blue}{ b }$ is a number in front of the $ x $ term and $ \color{red}{ c } $ is a constant). In our case:
$$ \color{blue}{ b = 8 } ~ \text{ and } ~ \color{red}{ c = 15 }$$Now we must discover two numbers that sum up to $ \color{blue}{ 8 } $ and multiply to $ \color{red}{ 15 } $.
Step 3: Find out pairs of numbers with a product of $\color{red}{ c = 15 }$.
| PRODUCT = 15 | |
| 1 15 | -1 -15 |
| 3 5 | -3 -5 |
Step 4: Find out which pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 8 }$
| PRODUCT = 15 and SUM = 8 | |
| 1 15 | -1 -15 |
| 3 5 | -3 -5 |
Step 5: Put 3 and 5 into placeholders to get factored form.
$$ \begin{aligned} b^{2}+8b+15 & = (x + \color{orangered}{\square} )(x + \color{orangered}{\square}) \\ b^{2}+8b+15 & = (x + 3)(x + 5) \end{aligned} $$