SOLUTION: I'm not sure how to factor this trinomial. 9x^3-3x^2-30x

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Question 692078: I'm not sure how to factor this trinomial. 9x^3-3x^2-30x
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Factor out the commonalities: 3x
3x%283x%5E2-x-10%29
What factors of 3 and -10 will combine to create -1...
factors of 3: 1, 3
facotrs of 10: 1, 2, 5, 10
3*2 = 6 and 1*5=5, if the 6 is negative, then -6+5 is -1. Therefore,
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