Step 1 :
After factoring out $ 5 $ we have:
$$ 45x^{2}-165x+5075 = 5 ( 9x^{2}-33x+1015 ) $$Step 2 :
Step 2: 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 3: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 9 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = 1015} $.
$$ a \cdot c = 9135 $$Step 4: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = 9135 $ and add to $ b = -33 $.
Step 5: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ 9135 $ are:
| PRODUCT = 9135 | |
| 1 9135 | -1 -9135 |
| 3 3045 | -3 -3045 |
| 5 1827 | -5 -1827 |
| 7 1305 | -7 -1305 |
| 9 1015 | -9 -1015 |
| 15 609 | -15 -609 |
| 21 435 | -21 -435 |
| 29 315 | -29 -315 |
| 35 261 | -35 -261 |
| 45 203 | -45 -203 |
| 63 145 | -63 -145 |
| 87 105 | -87 -105 |
Step 6: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = -33 }$
Step 7: Because none of these pairs will give us a sum of $ \color{blue}{ -33 }$, we conclude the polynomial cannot be factored.