Answer:
The greatest common factor of the given expressions is

Step-by-step explanation:
Given that 
can be written as

can be written as

and
can be written as

Comparing the common factors we have
is the greatest common factor of 
Therefore the greatest common factor of the given expressions is

Answer:
not 2
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>End behavior: </u>
The parent function is: f(x) = x³, which starts (from the left side) at -∞ and ends (on the right side) at +∞.
<u>Zeroes:</u>
f(x) = x³ + 2x² - 8x
0 = x³ + 2x² - 8x
0 = x(x² + 2x - 8)
0 = x(x + 4)(x - 2)
0 = x 0 = x + 4 0 = x - 2
x = 0 x = -4 x = 2
<u>Intervals:</u>
Put the zeroes in order: -4, 0, 2
since f(x) is increasing from the left then the interval from -4 to 0 is positive and the interval from 0 to 2 is negative.
<u>Graph:</u>
see attachment