The greatest common factor (GCF) is determined by finding the greatest factor that would simplify all the terms of the equation the most.
For the equation -2x³ - 4x² + 4x
The common factor for the coefficients -2, -4 and 4 is -2, since all of them are divisible by -2.
The common factor for the variables x³, x² and x is x, since all of them are divisible by x.
Then, the GCF would be -2x. We use this to simplify the equation:
-2x(x² + 2x -2)
N^2 because 2n is the same as n+n, but n^2 is the same as the product of n and n
Answer:
x=6
Step-by-step explanation:





First, let

be a point in our parabola. Since we know that the focus of our parabola is the point (0,8), we are going to use the distance formula to find the distance between the two points:

Next, we are going to find the distance between the directrix and the point in our parabola. Remember that the distance between a point (x,y) of a parabola and its directrix,

, is:

. Since our directrix is y=-8, the distance to our point will be:


Now, we are going to equate those two distances, and square them to get rid of the square root and the absolute value:



Finally, we can expand and solve for

:




We can conclude that t<span>he standard form of the equation of the parabola with a focus at (0, 8) and a directrix at y = -8 is </span>
Answer:
29520728184915396206153835295