Question

complete factoring expressions without gcf? how?

Answer 1

Try x^4 - 1.

Answer 2

so (x ) (x )

Answer 3

in that form however i need to factor out the whole equation to the simplest form

Answer 4

x^2 ***

Answer 5

(x)(x) is x^2. Thats not factoring. x is not a factor of x^4 - 1.

Answer 6

Oh, I am talking in forms of Trinomials, DoPs, GCF, etc. Complete Factoring is usually done with GCF and or DoPs and trinomial factoring

Answer 7

This identity may be useful here: \[\Large a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b)(a - b)\]

Answer 8

In this case, I want to learn how to do this w/o GCF

Answer 9

That is fine thx range