Question

36b^6-30b^5-36b^4

Answer 1

Factor completely

Answer 2

Take out commons?

Answer 3

Factor out the GCD first.

Answer 4

Thank you! I'm horrible at math and don't know how to do this. lol

Answer 5

basically i divided everything on the inside by 6b^4
if you factor out 6b^4:\[6b^4(6b^2-5b-6)\]

Answer 6

now factor the inside:\[6b^2-5b-6\]
factor by grouping: we need to find a numbers that are a factor of 6*-6 and add up to -5

the numbers are -9 and 4 so write the equation as:\[6b^2-9b+4b-6\]
\[3b(2b-3)+2(2b-3)\]
\[(3b+2)(2b-3)\] is the factored form of the inside

Answer 7

so the factored form is:
\[6b^4(3b+2)(2b-3)\]

Answer 8

You are awesome! Thank you! :)