How do you write $y = 5x^3 - 5x^2 - 10x$ in factored form?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-15T01:20:39

$y=5x(x-2)(x+1)$

First, there is a factor of 5x so I would factorise that first. This yields; $y=5x(x^2-x-2)$

Then you need to factorise the quadratic function which will then take you to the final solution of $y=5x(x-2)(x+1)$

hope it helps :)

How do you write y = 5x^3 - 5x^2 - 10xy = 5x^3 - 5x^2 - 10x in factored form?