Question

Rewrite the expression as a product of four linear factors:

(x² – 3x)² – 14(x² – 3x) + 40
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`~~(x^2 -3x)^2 -14(x^2 -3x) +40\\\\=u^2-14u+40~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;[\text{Let}~ u = x^2 -3x]\\\\=u^2 - 10u-4u +40\\\\=u(u-10)-4(u-10)\\\\=(u-4)(u-10)\\\\=(x^2 -3x -4)(x^2 -3x -10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~;[\text{Substitute back}~ u = x^2 -3x]\\\\=(x^2 -4x+x-4)(x^2 -5x+2x-10)\\\\=\textbf{[}x(x-4) +(x-4) \textbf{]} \textbf{[}x(x-5) +2(x-5) \textbf{]} \\\\=(x+1)(x-4)(x+2)(x-5)`