SOLUTION: -x(squared)+8x-16 ----------- ------ x(cubed)-4x(squared)

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Question 431748: -x(squared)+8x-16
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x(cubed)-4x(squared)
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-x² + 8x - 16
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x³ - 4x²


-1(x² - 8x + 16)
---------------- {factored -1 out of top and x² out of bottom}
x²(x - 4)

-1(x - 4)(x - 4)
---------------- {factored top into two binomials}
x²(x - 4)

-1(x - 4)
---------- {cancelled x - 4 on top and bottom}
x²
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