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Fill in the blank with a constant, so that the resulting expression can be factored as the product of two linear factors.


3mn - 6m + 15n + ___

 Jul 9, 2021

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3mn - 6m + 15n + a

mn - 2m + 5n + a/3

(m+5)(n-2) = mn - 2m + 5n - 10

mn - 2m + 5n + a/3 = mn - 2m + 5n - 10

a = -30

 

=^._.^=

 Jul 9, 2021
 #1
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Best Answer

3mn - 6m + 15n + a

mn - 2m + 5n + a/3

(m+5)(n-2) = mn - 2m + 5n - 10

mn - 2m + 5n + a/3 = mn - 2m + 5n - 10

a = -30

 

=^._.^=

catmg Jul 9, 2021

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