SOLUTION: Is there an easy way to understand how to work these? Would someone please show me? FACTOR BY GROUPING 5x^3 - 15x^2 - 4x + 12

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Question 590916: Is there an easy way to understand how to work these? Would someone please show me?
FACTOR BY GROUPING
5x^3 - 15x^2 - 4x + 12

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Start with the given expression


Group the terms in two pairs


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, for all values of x.
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