Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (7x2 -  5x) -  2

Step  2  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 2.1     Factoring  7x²-5x-2 

The first term is,  7x²  its coefficient is  7 .
The middle term is,  -5x  its coefficient is  -5 .
The last term, "the constant", is  -2 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   7 • -2 = -14 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  -14  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -5 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -7  and  2 
                     7x² - 7x + 2x - 2

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    7x • (x-1)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    2 • (x-1)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (7x+2)  •  (x-1)
             Which is the desired factorization

Final result :

  (x - 1) • (7x + 2)