SOLUTION: factor completely 36w^4-60w^3+16w^2

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Question 258137: factor completely
36w^4-60w^3+16w^2

Found 3 solutions by nerdybill, drk, checkley77:
Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
36w^4-60w^3+16w^2
Begin by factoring out what's common for all terms:
4(9w^4-15w^3+4w^2)
4w^2(9w^2-15w+4)
4w^2(3w+4)(3w+1)

Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here is the question:

first take out the GCF of 4w^2 and we get

second factor the trinomial to get

Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
36w^4-60w^3+16w^2
4w^2(9w^2-15w+4)
4w^2(3w-1)(3w-4) ans.

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