Step 1: 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:
$$ \color{blue}{ b = 2 } ~ \text{ and } ~ \color{red}{ c = -35 }$$Now we must discover two numbers that sum up to $ \color{blue}{ 2 } $ and multiply to $ \color{red}{ -35 } $.
Step 2: Find out pairs of numbers with a product of $\color{red}{ c = -35 }$.
| PRODUCT = -35 | |
| -1 35 | 1 -35 |
| -5 7 | 5 -7 |
Step 3: Find out which pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 2 }$
| PRODUCT = -35 and SUM = 2 | |
| -1 35 | 1 -35 |
| -5 7 | 5 -7 |
Step 4: Put -5 and 7 into placeholders to get factored form.
$$ \begin{aligned} y^{2}+2y-35 & = (x + \color{orangered}{\square} )(x + \color{orangered}{\square}) \\ y^{2}+2y-35 & = (x -5)(x + 7) \end{aligned} $$