SOLUTION: exsponets(^1) pretend what is the factored form of 9x^4-6x^3+18x^2-12x i think its 3x(3x^4-2x) but not sure can you help?

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Question 947450: exsponets(^1) pretend
what is the factored form of
9x^4-6x^3+18x^2-12x
i think its 3x(3x^4-2x) but not sure can you help?

Found 3 solutions by Edwin McCravy, MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I'm afraid your answer is not correct.
Here is a step-by step solution.

Factor 3x out of all terms:

Factor x2 out of the first two term in parentheses
and +2 out of the last two terms in parentheses:

Now we have a common factor of (3x-2),
so we factor it out inside the parentheses:

Now we can drop the bigger parentheses:

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!







Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

exsponets(^1) pretend
what is the factored form of
9x^4-6x^3+18x^2-12x
i think its 3x(3x^4-2x) but not sure can you help?
Not even close!! Sorry!! 

------ Factoring out GCF, 3x
3x(3x^3 - 2x^2 + 6x - 4)
------ Factoring out GCF in pairs

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