Why does 5(2x+1)-2=6x+5 have only one solution ?

Which shows one way to determine the factors of  x3  +  5x2  –  6x  –  30 by grouping? x(x2  –  5)  +  6(x2  –  5)x(x2  +  5)  –  6(x2  +  5)x2(x  –  5)  +  6(x  –  5)x2(x  +  5)  –  6(x  +  5)

Which is an equation for the nth terms of the sequence 12,15,18,21

Hector and alex traded video games. alex gave hector one fourth of his video games in exchange for 6 video games. then he sold 3 video games and gave 2 video games to his brother. alex ended up with 16 video games. how many video games did alex have when he started?