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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can somebody explain how to simplify this step by step 6x^3+3x^2+2x

Parth (parthkohli):

I guess you need factoring.

OpenStudy (agreene):

yeah you can pull a few x and get to a simpler form: \[6x^3+3x^2+2x \implies x(6x^2+3x+2)\implies x(x(6x+3)+2))\]

Parth (parthkohli):

That's more like complicating the expression. :-P

OpenStudy (agreene):

@ParthKohli technically the complexity of an expression is the power, it has nothing to do if it seems like a rub goldberg machine lol

OpenStudy (agreene):

rube goldberg *

OpenStudy (anonymous):

umm im afraid i dont think i understand what your meaning is

OpenStudy (agreene):

What dont you understand?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

all you did was take away the powers and the x's.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

never mind i see what you were doing

OpenStudy (agreene):

yeah, there isn't much else you can do with this--unless you want to find the complex roots and use them as factors...

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