Question

Factor completely:
3x³- 3x- 36

Answer 1

The answer to your question is 3(x³ - x - 12)

Explanation:

Polynomial 3x³ - 3x - 36

Step 1. Look for like terms to factor

3 -3 36 2

3 -3 18 2

3 -3 9 3

1 -1 3 3

1

Like term = 3

Step 2. factor 3

3(x³ - x - 12) This is the result, it can not factor more

because the first term has a power of 3,

if it were 2, the polynomial could factor

more.