document.write( "Question 911760: I'm having a little trouble factoring trinomials. Ex. u^3= 14u^2 + 32u. I do: 0= -u^3 + 14u^2 + 32u. Then, according to my algebra book, I factor, or seem to, it to: 0= u(u^2 + 14u + 32). Do I factor out the part in the parentheses? I can't seem to- paired factors of 32 that add up to 14... Or do I have it wrong? I just want to know the next step(s). \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "You have it all wrong!!
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document.write( "If the equation you described is: , then we get: 
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document.write( "(u - 16)(u + 2) = 0
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document.write( "        OR        \r
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document.write( "You were correct, at first when you obtained: . From here on though, you
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document.write( "should've gotten: . This then results in:  \n" );
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