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Question 636659: Hi, I'm having trouble factoring polynomials including quadratics. I found an answer for almost all of them, until I got to one question with powers higher than to the second, or squared. Here's the problem:
9m(cubed)-7m(to the fourth power)+8m(squared) Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 9m(cubed)-7m(to the fourth power)+8m(squared)
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-7m^4 + 9m^3 + 8m^2
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Common factor: -m^2
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Factor form:
= -m^2(7m^2 - 9m - 1)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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