Factor polynomial $$ 2x^{2}+5x-3 $$

$$ 2x^{2}+5x-3 = ( 2x-1 )( x+3 ) $$

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:

$$ a = 2 , b = 5 ~ \text{ and } ~ c = -3 $$

Step 2: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 2 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = -3} $.

$$ a \cdot c = -6 $$

Step 3: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = -6 $ and add to $ b = 5 $.

Step 4: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ -6 $ are:

PRODUCT = -6
-1     6	1     -6
-2     3	2     -3

Step 5: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 5 }$

PRODUCT = -6 and SUM = 5
-1     6	1     -6
-2     3	2     -3

Step 6: Replace middle term $ 5 x $ with $ 6x-x $:

$$ 2x^{2}+5x-3 = 2x^{2}+6x-x-3 $$

Step 7: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 2x $ out of the first two terms and $ -1 $ out of the last two terms.

$$ 2x^{2}+6x-x-3 = 2x\left(x+3\right) -1\left(x+3\right) = \left(2x-1\right) \left(x+3\right) $$

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