SOLUTION: Could anyone help me with factoring this? Please. If you have a real easy way to teach factoring I would be very thankful. If not and you help me with this, I still will be very

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Question 582093: Could anyone help me with factoring this? Please. If you have a real easy way to teach factoring I would be very thankful. If not and you help me with this, I still will be very thankful. Thanks!!
2w^4-26w^3-96w^2

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Factor:
2w%5E4-26w%5E3-96w%5E2 Since each term has a common factor of 2w%5E2 you can factor this to start.
2w%5E2%28w%5E2-13w-48%29 To factor the trinomial, find two integers whose product is -48 and whose sum is -13.
-48+=+3%2A%28-16%29 and 3%2B%28-16%29+=+-13so we get:
2w%5E2%28w-16%29%28w%2B3%29