Step 1 :
After factoring out $ 5 $ we have:
$$ 5r^{2}+85r+300 = 5 ( r^{2}+17r+60 ) $$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:
$$ \color{blue}{ b = 17 } ~ \text{ and } ~ \color{red}{ c = 60 }$$Now we must discover two numbers that sum up to $ \color{blue}{ 17 } $ and multiply to $ \color{red}{ 60 } $.
Step 3: Find out pairs of numbers with a product of $\color{red}{ c = 60 }$.
| PRODUCT = 60 | |
| 1 60 | -1 -60 |
| 2 30 | -2 -30 |
| 3 20 | -3 -20 |
| 4 15 | -4 -15 |
| 5 12 | -5 -12 |
| 6 10 | -6 -10 |
Step 4: Find out which pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 17 }$
| PRODUCT = 60 and SUM = 17 | |
| 1 60 | -1 -60 |
| 2 30 | -2 -30 |
| 3 20 | -3 -20 |
| 4 15 | -4 -15 |
| 5 12 | -5 -12 |
| 6 10 | -6 -10 |
Step 5: Put 5 and 12 into placeholders to get factored form.
$$ \begin{aligned} r^{2}+17r+60 & = (x + \color{orangered}{\square} )(x + \color{orangered}{\square}) \\ r^{2}+17r+60 & = (x + 5)(x + 12) \end{aligned} $$