Question

Factor out the greatest common factor -5x^2 - 5x^3 - 15x^4

Answer 1

Our answer is $-5x^{2} (3x^{2} +x+1)$

Our greatest common factor, or GCF, is $-5x^{2}$, so when we factor is out, our divide each term by $-5x^{2}$, we get our answer. To check this, we can multiply the $-5x^{2}$ back across the parenthesis and see if we get the same result as our initial question.

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