3x4+5x³+x²+5x-2 -2|3 5 1 5 -2 | -6 2 -6 2 3 -1 3 -1 0 So the polynomial has been factored as (x+2)(3x³-x²+3x-1) Next you can factor the cubic by grouping: Factor the first two terms as x²(3x-1) and write the last two terms as +1(3x-1), and enclose those in brackets: (x+2)[x²(3x-1)+1(3x-1)] Factor out (3x-1) leaving x² and +1 in another set of parentheses: (x+2)(3x-1)(x²+1) x+2=0 3x-1=0 x²+1=0 x=-2 3x=1 x²=-1 x=x=±i The other two zeros are i and -i. Edwin