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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can you show your method to factor this?: (see post)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\huge x^4-4x^3+5x^2-4x+1\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

their factors are trinomials...

OpenStudy (precal):

ok you got me, I would do synthetic division

OpenStudy (anonymous):

even with synthetic division, both factors are quadratic.... can you do that with synthetic division?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hm... \[x^4 - 4x^3 + 5x^2 = x^2*(x^2 - 4x + 5)\]

OpenStudy (precal):

yuck! synthetic will fail

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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