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HELP PLEASE I NEED A ANSWER ASAP

HELP PLEASE I NEED A ANSWER ASAP-example-1
User Dean Coakley
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Answer:

-4x(x^2-3x+5)

Explanation:

GCD of the polynomial is 4 since 5 is the highest number that divides 4, 12 and 20. So since we are factoring the negative sign with the GCD we get

-4(x^3-3x^2+5x). However, there is a common factor of x within the polynomial too so we can bring that out too so we get

-4x(x^2-3x+5)

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4x^(3)+12x^(2)-20x = 4x

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