Question

Factor:

Answer 1

\[x ^{3}-4x ^{2}+6x-4\]

Answer 2

What x-value makes that equal to zero?

Answer 3

Start with x=1 and then continue on your way upwards. See if x=1 makes that equal to zero. If not, then use x=2.

Answer 4

Keep doing trial and error. After you know the x-value that makes the expression equal to zero, then, you divide by (x-a) where a is the value that made the expression equal to zero.

Answer 5

@nasryn

Answer 6

eek ok. Thanks!

Answer 7

So you can use long division or synthetic division to get something, and then you combine the (x-a) with that value you got when you divided (x-a) with your polynomial.