Need with this, failing the class.. you!

For question 1, the 5 is sitting outside there because it is a common number that can be divided out of each of those terms evenly, making the factoring easier in the end.  When we divide 5 out of 5x^2, we are left with x^2.  When we divide 5 out of 35x we are left with 7x, and when we divide 5 out of 60 we are left with 12.  So the reduced or simplified polynomial is .  The idea here now is to find 2 numbers that ADD up to -7 and MULTIPLY to positive 12.  Those numbers are -3 and -4.  Check the math.  -4+(-3) = -7, and -4 * -3 = 12.  So fill them into the parenthesis.  5(x-3)(x-4).  That's question 1.  For question 2, we have a perfect square binomial.  That means that if we square the same (set of parenthesis) we will get back the original polynomial.  196, the leading coefficient in question 2 is a perfect square, with 14 being the square root.  25 is a perfect square with 5 being the square root.  That means that (14x + 5)(14x + 5) will give us the original polynomial.  FOIL it out to check it, but you'll be good.

Your cleary not see the answer is 25

Ithink you're supposed to multiply 12.50 which is how much he makes per hour and then multiply it by each number then add whats left togrther and there's your answer