SOLUTION: I need help with COMPLETELY factoring out the polynomial 3x3-12x

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Question 232846: I need help with COMPLETELY factoring out the polynomial 3x3-12x
Answer by eggsarecool(32) About Me  (Show Source):
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I need help with COMPLETELY factoring out the polynomial
Ok first step would be to factor out which leaves us with
Now we can use the differance of squares formula which says that
For us and
This gives us we factored the using difference of squares.