Question

can someone help me with this problem.. -a to the 3rd power minus 100a. I have to factor the polynomials on this.

Answer 1

-a^3 - 10a
factor out the -a
-a(a^2+10)

Answer 2

whoops sorry that 10 should be a 100

Answer 3

ok tk u so so much. I had part of this but then got stuck!

Answer 4

can u help me out on thisone also? -4w^3-16w^2+20w. I was going to divide all by -4?

Answer 5

almost there.
what do all those terms have in common?

Answer 6

all have 4 and w in common

Answer 7

GOOD!
now try factoring that out

Answer 8

ok so it would be -4w(w-1)(w+5)

Answer 9

lemme check.
-4w(w^2+4w-5)
yeah.
:D

Answer 10

tk u so much with these problems :)

Answer 11

no problem!