SOLUTION: Hi! please help me factor this polynomial completely : {{{n^5+216n^2}}} i know how to solve it up to the part {{{n^2(n^3+216)}}} but i do not know how to factor it completely

Question 586082: Hi! please help me factor this polynomial completely :
i know how to solve it up to the part but i do not know how to factor it completely
Thanks!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's how you factor

Start with the given expression.

Rewrite as . Rewrite as .

Now factor by using the sum of cubes formula. Remember the sum of cubes formula is

Multiply

So factors to .

In other words,

This means that completely factors to
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