解:对于方程$(2x + 3)(x - 6)=16,$
$ $先展开得$2x^2-12x+3x - 18 = 16,$
$ $整理得$2x^2-9x - 34 = 0,$
$ $将二次项系数化为$1,$得$x^2-\frac {9}{2}x - 17 = 0,$
$ $移项得$x^2-\frac {9}{2}x = 17,$
配方:在等式两边加上一次项系数一半的平方,
$x^2-\frac {9}{2}x+\frac {81}{16}=17+\frac {81}{16},$
$ $即$(x-\frac {9}{4})^2=\frac {353}{16},$
$ $开平方得$x-\frac {9}{4}=\pm \frac {\sqrt {353}}{4},$
$ $解得$x_{1}=\frac {\sqrt {353}}{4}+\frac {9}{4},$$x_{2}=-\frac {\sqrt {353}}{4}+\frac {9}{4}。$