document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=776628>Question 776628</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Good night <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you help me with this problem ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factorize the equation <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^3-3x^2-4x+12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first separate the equation into two separate ones<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x^3-3x^2)+(-4x+12)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then find common factors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X^2(x-3)-4(x-3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you did it correctly you should have the same equation in the parentheses and after that you join the two number on the outside of the parentheses together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solution is(x^2-4)(x-3)  </SPAN>\n" );
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