Question

16y^5-24y^4-40y^3

Answer 1

\[16y^5-24y^4-40y^3\]

Answer 2

what do you want to solve for msmith?

Answer 3

how do u get the common factor

Answer 4

what does everything have in common?

Answer 5

y^3(16y^2 -24y -40) ; what do the numbers have in common? i see that 4 divides them all

Answer 6

4y^3(4y^2 -6y -10) now 2 also works so divide it out

8y^3(2y^2 -3y -5)

Answer 7

factor out the greater common factor

Answer 8

you can work it in smaller steps; and when you get to the end of it, youre done :)

Answer 9

was that the answer u just did ?

Answer 10

yes :)
\[8y^3(2y^2-3y-5)\]