SOLUTION: i am haveing trouble factoring this. can you please help me? {{{21x^5-24x^2-6x^4}}}

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Question 300637: i am haveing trouble factoring this. can you please help me? 21x%5E5-24x%5E2-6x%5E4
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The only thing you can do is factor out the GCF 3x%5E2 to get 3x%5E2%287x%5E3-8-2x%5E2%29. If you want, you can sort the terms in descending exponential order to get 3x%5E2%287x%5E3-2x%5E2-8%29


So 21x%5E5-24x%5E2-6x%5E4=3x%5E2%287x%5E3-2x%5E2-8%29