Thread: Factoring Polynomials

Hey there,

I'm new here, and am having some trouble with factoring. I have already done quadratic trinomials but am having a lot of trouble figuring out polynomials.

Here is one of the questions:

16x³ - 48x² - 9x + 27
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Originally Posted by MikeMcC

Hey there,

I'm new here, and am having some trouble with factoring. I have already done quadratic trinomials but am having a lot of trouble figuring out polynomials.

Here is one of the questions:

16x³ - 48x² - 9x + 27
Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

factor by grouping

Hi Mike, you should consider the factor theorem in this problem.

read this

Factor theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Your constant term is 27, so try the theorem with its factors

Cool, thanks a lot guys. Doesn't take too long to get an answer around here at all does it? This helps a lot!!