SOLUTION: I'm not sure how to go about solving this one, the simplistic factoring seems not to be working for me. Can anyone help me by showing me a step-by-step way of solving this problem?
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Question 608177: I'm not sure how to go about solving this one, the simplistic factoring seems not to be working for me. Can anyone help me by showing me a step-by-step way of solving this problem?
Factor out the greatest common factor from the expression
6x^7 - 42x^6 - 42x^2 Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
The GCF of the variable terms x^7, x^6 and x^2 is x^2
So the GCF of everything is 6x^2
Factor out the GCF to get
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