Question

(30x^3-42x^2+5x-7)

Answer 1

(30x^3-42x^2+5x-7)
=6x^2(5x-7) + (5x-7)
=(6x^2+1)(5x-7)

Answer 2

do you want to know x?

Answer 3

the previous questions were "factor" so it is fairly sure that this one is "factor" as well

Answer 4

fiddlearound has it.

Answer 5

ok I had 5x^2+1)(10x-7)??? where am i messing up??

Answer 6

i think its the common factor is where im messing up

Answer 7

your job was to recognize that the first two terms
\[30x^3\] and
\[-42x^2\] had a common factor of
\[6x^2\] that you could "factor out"

Answer 8

that is how fiddlearound got
\[6x^2(5x-7)\] for the first two terms

Answer 9

yea it checks out. I think i have to work on the common factor lol