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Question 300636: i am haveing trouble factoring this. can you please help me? 21x%5E5-24x%5E2-6x%5E4
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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trouble factoring this. can you please help me?
21x^5-24x^2-6x^4
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Rearrange:
21x^5-6x^4-24x^2
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= 3x^2(7x^3 - 2x^2 - 8)
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The quadratic does not factor neatly.
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Cheers,
Stan H.