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Algebra.Com's Answer #775993 by ikleyn(52805) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The first step is to factor \"x\" out:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    12x^3+5x^2-4x = x*(12x^2 + 5x -4).\r\n" );
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