Factor polynomial $$ 5x^{2}+x-6 $$

$$ 5x^{2}+x-6 = ( x-1 )( 5x+6 ) $$

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:

$$ a = 5 , b = 1 ~ \text{ and } ~ c = -6 $$

Step 2: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 5 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = -6} $.

$$ a \cdot c = -30 $$

Step 3: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = -30 $ and add to $ b = 1 $.

Step 4: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ -30 $ are:

PRODUCT = -30
-1     30	1     -30
-2     15	2     -15
-3     10	3     -10
-5     6	5     -6

Step 5: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 1 }$

PRODUCT = -30 and SUM = 1
-1     30	1     -30
-2     15	2     -15
-3     10	3     -10
-5     6	5     -6

Step 6: Replace middle term $ 1 x $ with $ 6x-5x $:

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

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

$$ 5x^{2}+6x-5x-6 = x\left(5x+6\right) -1\left(5x+6\right) = \left(x-1\right) \left(5x+6\right) $$

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