SOLUTION: How do I do problems like 8r^3-64r^2+r-8?

SOLUTION: How do I do problems like 8r^3-64r^2+r-8?

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Question 288167: How do I do problems like 8r^3-64r^2+r-8?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm assuming that you want to factor.

Start with the given expression

Group like terms

Factor out the GCF out of the first group. Factor out the GCF out of the second group

Since we have the common term , we can combine like terms

So factors to

In other words,

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