Factor polynomial $$ 4x^{2}+10x-20 $$

$$ 4x^{2}+10x-20 = 2( 2x^{2}+5x-10 ) $$

Step 1 :

After factoring out $ 2 $ we have:

$$ 4x^{2}+10x-20 = 2 ( 2x^{2}+5x-10 ) $$

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:

$$ a = 2 , b = 5 ~ \text{ and } ~ c = -10 $$

Step 3: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 2 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = -10} $.

$$ a \cdot c = -20 $$

Step 4: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = -20 $ and add to $ b = 5 $.

Step 5: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ -20 $ are:

PRODUCT = -20
-1     20	1     -20
-2     10	2     -10
-4     5	4     -5

Step 6: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 5 }$

Step 7: Because none of these pairs will give us a sum of $ \color{blue}{ 5 }$, we conclude the polynomial cannot be factored.

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