16h5-25h3+9h = 0 Factor out common factor h h(16h4-25h2+9) = 0 Factor the trinomial in the parentheses h(16h2-9)(h2-1) = 0 Each of those binomial in parentheses are the difference of squares, so factor them: h(4h-3)(4h+3)(h-1)(h+1) = 0 By the zero-factor property set all those factors = 0: h=0; 4h-3=0; 4h+3=0 ; h-1=0; h+1=0 4h=3 4h=-3 h=1 h=-1 h=h= So the solutions are 0, , , 1, and -1 Edwin