Question

factor completely
10w^6-26w^5+12w^4

Answer 1

what do you need to do...?

Answer 2

yeah what's the question man?

Answer 3

ok... so the coefficients are all even so 2 is a factor

look at

\[w^6, w^5, w^4\]

what is the largest common factor of those 3 terms..?

Answer 4

so you have

\[2(5w^6 - 13w^5 + 6w^4)\]

Answer 5

factor out w^4
so its 2w^4(5w^2-13w+6)

Answer 6

great that's well done... now you need to factor the quadratic...

here is what I use....

mutiple 5 and 6 so 5 x 6 = 30

find the factors of 30 that add to -13....... both factors are negative...

Answer 7

wait. why do you use 30?

Answer 8

then you'll have