Question

i think the answer is A am i correct?

Factor completely: 8m3 − 12m2 + 4m

A 2m (4m2 − 6m + 2)

B 4 (2m3 − 3m2 + m)

C 4m (2m − 1)(m − 1)

D 4m (2m2 − 3m)

Answer 1

you can actually pull out a 4m

Answer 2

IF this is the answer --> A 2m (4m2 − 6m + 2),

ask yourself if (4m2 − 6m + 2) will factor. It is possible that the expression is only partially factored. @shinebrightlikeadimon

Answer 3

well yes because you can simplify 6 even more so now i think it's d

Answer 4

not d i mean b

Answer 5

well looking at b did they pull out 4m or just 4?

Answer 6

so it's d since they did pull out m correct?

Answer 7

If we pull out a 4m from the whole equation it would look like this
\[4m(2m^2-3m+1) \]
What do you think? Is it completely factored?

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

D is not the correct option. It does not multiply back to the original question. @shinebrightlikeadimon

Answer 10

actually you can break it down even more

Answer 11

ok so you can break down the ^2?

Answer 12

so it's not A, B, or D so it's c

Answer 13

close yes
\[2m^2-3m+1\]
we know m time m equals m^2 so (2m+ ?)(m+?)
we can then look at our 1 and we know the only way to get one it so multiply 1 times 1

(2m+1)(m+1) but we need a - 3 in the middle so our equations need negatives to be -3x so we get (2m-1)(m-1) solve it out and 2m^2-2m-1m+1 = 2m^2 -3m+1 our original equation and the final answer is

\[4m(2m-1)(m-1) \]

Answer 14

Yes your answer is C