How do you factor 56x3+70x2280x350?

1 Answer
Apr 26, 2016

56x3+70x2280x350=14(x5)(x+5)(4x+5)

Explanation:

Separate out the common scalar factor 14, factor by grouping and finally use the difference of squares identity:

a2b2=(ab)(a+b)

with a=x and b=5 as follows:

56x3+70x2280x350

=14(4x3+5x220x25)

=14((4x3+5x2)(20x+25))

=14(x2(4x+5)5(4x+5))

=14(x25)(4x+5)

=14(x2(5)2)(4x+5)

=14(x5)(x+5)(4x+5)