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Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "x2"   was replaced by   "x^2". 

Step  1  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 1.1     Factoring  x²-23x+120 

The first term is,  x²  its coefficient is  1 .
The middle term is,  -23x  its coefficient is  -23 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +120 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • 120 = 120 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  120  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -23 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -15  and  -8 
                     x² - 15x - 8x - 120

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    x • (x-15)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    8 • (x-15)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (x-8)  •  (x-15)
             Which is the desired factorization

Final result :

  (x - 8) • (x - 15)