Precalculus Examples

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

Step 1

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 3 x^{2}$ .

$- (3 x^{2}) + 4 x - 4$

Step 2

Factor $- 1$ out of $4 x$ .

$- (3 x^{2}) - (- 4 x) - 4$

Step 3

Rewrite $- 4$ as $- 1 (4)$ .

$- (3 x^{2}) - (- 4 x) - 1 (4)$

Step 4

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (3 x^{2}) - (- 4 x)$ .

$- (3 x^{2} - 4 x) - 1 (4)$

Step 5

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (3 x^{2} - 4 x) - 1 (4)$ .

$- (3 x^{2} - 4 x + 4)$

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$