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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The complete factorization is 3x^5 - 24x^4 + 6x3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

tell you what you wanna do first, lets factor out 3x^3 okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6x3? or 6x^3?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^3(x^2-8x+2)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the from here, what you wanna do is use the quadratic formula to factor the inside, the stuff thats in the parentheses. You will use these values: a=1,b=-8 and c=2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but dont worry about doing that cause i you wanted was to factor it, and we did

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6x^3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3x^5 - 24x^4 + 6x^3

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

\[\large 3x^5 - 24x^4 + 6x^3=3x^3(x^2-8x+2)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you have trouble factoring, the method you were taught in 6th grade will always get you the right answer... 3x^5 becomes 3*x*x*x*x*x... it's a bit slow and not recommended if you're proficient enough to *intuit* the factorized form, but otherwise a reliable method

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

What I did was factor out the GCF 3x^3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm just informing her of a method that would come more naturally to her since she seems to have trouble with factoring

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i also factored out 3x^3

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