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Help with maths question?

I've been set some work over the summer to prepare me for A level maths. How would i go about factorising questions like:
6x^3−26x^2+8x
Or if anyone has a link to video which might be helpful, since i can't find any.
Thanks :smile:
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MartyO
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You can factor an xx from your equation, unless you forgot a term.
Original post by iamayesha
I've been set some work over the summer to prepare me for A level maths. How would i go about factorising questions like:
6x^3−26x^2+8x
Or if anyone has a link to video which might be helpful, since i can't find any.
Thanks :smile:


what i think might be the solution:

Spoiler


what I did was take out the common factors first, to get something that resembles a quadratic since that is what we learned to factorise up to in GCSE.
from there you can factorise the quadratic like you normally would :smile:

steps:

Spoiler

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peralta99
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Original post by surina16
what i think might be the solution:

Spoiler

what I did was take out the common factors first, to get something that resembles a quadratic since that is what we learned to factorise up to in GCSE.
from there you can factorise the quadratic like you normally would :smile:

steps:

Spoiler



You made it so simple! Thankyou
Original post by iamayesha
You made it so simple! Thankyou


no problem :smile:

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