Precalculus Examples

$6 x^{4} + 3 x^{3} - x^{2}$

Step 1

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $6 x^{4}$ .

$x^{2} (6 x^{2}) + 3 x^{3} - x^{2}$

Step 2

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $3 x^{3}$ .

$x^{2} (6 x^{2}) + x^{2} (3 x) - x^{2}$

Step 3

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $- x^{2}$ .

$x^{2} (6 x^{2}) + x^{2} (3 x) + x^{2} \cdot - 1$

Step 4

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $x^{2} (6 x^{2}) + x^{2} (3 x)$ .

$x^{2} (6 x^{2} + 3 x) + x^{2} \cdot - 1$

Step 5

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $x^{2} (6 x^{2} + 3 x) + x^{2} \cdot - 1$ .

$x^{2} (6 x^{2} + 3 x - 1)$