Question

factor t^3 - 9t^2 + 24t -11

Answer 1

what do you get when t=1?

Answer 2

5

Answer 3

what about t=-1?

Answer 4

-27

Answer 5

then you can't factorise it by an (x-a) where a is an integer. is the problem suppose to have a simple factorisation?

Answer 6

Yes, this is my problem.

Answer 7

How else could I solve it?

Answer 8

i believe there's a tutorial here that teaches you to use the substitution(x=y-p/q) and y=sin theta