Question

Can you show your method to factor this?:
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Answer 1

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

Answer 2

their factors are trinomials...

Answer 3

ok you got me, I would do synthetic division

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

yuck! synthetic will fail