anata Algebra - Factoring Polynomials Paul's Online Notes Home / Algebra / Preliminaries / Factoring Polynomials, Section 1-5 : Factoring Polynomials - Practice Problems Solutions Back to Problem List 1. Factor out the greatest common factor from the following polynomial. 6x" + 32% — 92° Hide Solution + The first step is to identify the greatest common factor. In this case it looks like we can factor a 3 and an 2 out of each term and so the greatest common factor is 32° . Hide Step 2~ Okay, now let's do the factoring. 6x7 + 324 — 925 = |3a°5 (22 +2 — 3) Don't forget to also identify any numbers in the greatest common factor as well. That can often greatly simplify the problem for later work (when we have later work for the problem anyway....)- ‘© 2003 - 2019 Paul Dawkins Page Last Modified : 4/23/2018 htpltutorial math lamar edulSelutions!Alg/Factoring/Prab aspx wn