Question

solve by factoring

Answer 1

So do gcf. Do you know what gcf is?

Answer 2

greatest common factor

Answer 3

I'm not asking you

Answer 4

ik

Answer 5

i answered

Answer 6

okay okay :)

Answer 7

Yes i know what it is

Answer 8

what is it?

Answer 9

Let me find a pencil rq please

Answer 10

finding greatest common factor

Answer 11

ye

Answer 12

@carmelle come back ;-;

Answer 13

IM here now

Answer 14

ok so this is what were going to do.

Answer 15

were going to take 12 and -3. and see if either of them have a gcf.

Answer 16

okay?>

Answer 17

The gcf would be 3

Answer 18

tbh im not understanding

Answer 19

okay

Answer 20

so what I did, was divide 12, by each number up until 9.

Answer 21

so I did, 12/2 12/3 12/4 etc

Answer 22

I did the same with 3

Answer 23

okay i got that

Answer 24

So what areyou not getting so far?

Answer 25

is it the x part?

Answer 26

Im not understanding what we are factoring

Answer 27

like what is the 0 for?

Answer 28

0?

Answer 29

Where did you get 0

Answer 30

okay just solve the problem and ill follow along to see if i understand

Answer 31

okay

Answer 32

OOOOOOOoh

Answer 33

i'm dumb;-;

Answer 34

Well. We just setit equal to 0 in factoring.

Answer 35

so is it?? \[12x^3-3x=-12x^3-3x^2\]

Answer 36

no...

Answer 37

lets justleave the 0 alone rn

Answer 38

ok so what were going to do is take out 2 x's

Answer 39

in factoring.

Answer 40

from what I got, I got 0 as my answer

Answer 41

it would look like this:\[3x^2(4+x)=0\) If im correct

Answer 42

wait

Answer 43

wroteit wrong

Answer 44

\[3x^2(4+x)=0\]

Answer 45

The more I watch you do this the more I am confused. xd

Answer 46

how

Answer 47

i can tell you where i getthe numbers

Answer 48

No its ok. I understand its just how much your posting confuses me. xd

Answer 49

oh

Answer 50

Explain to me?

Answer 51

me?

Answer 52

Yes. If you know how please explain so Ik uk how to do it

Answer 53

actually nvm im still confused

Answer 54

oh..

Answer 55

okay so this is how i got it.

Answer 56

I took the 12 and 3 and factored out a 3. I took the \(x^3\) and factored out \(x^2\) I did 3 divided by 12 and got 4, and then added the remaining x.

Answer 57

I feel like UkuleleGirl made this way more confusing than it is.

I don't see why he has to explain something you just explained to him...


But, moving on, here are the steps UkuleleGirl took.

First, they found the greatest common factor of 12 and -3 and they got 3.

\[(3x^2)(4+x)=0\]
Now that you know that, all you do next is to set them equal to 0 and solve.

\[(3x^2)=0\]
\[(4x-1)=0\]

So just solve for x.

Answer 58

the second equation only?

Answer 59

this is for the first question btw

Answer 60

yes i figured and thank you

Answer 61

0-0

Answer 62

okay for the second part i got \[1/4\]

Answer 63

ok, for the first one, divide both sides by 3

so, \[\frac{ 3x^2 }{ 3 }=\frac{ 0 }{ 3 }\]

Now we have \[x^2=0\]

However, there is a rule that states that...
\[x^n =0 \rightarrow x=0\]

So your final answers are x = 0 and x = 1/4

Answer 64

Thank you mello<3