factor by grouping

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x^3+8x^2+6x+48

gadzooks1753 Nov 28, 2017

TheXSquaredFactor · Answer 1 · 2017-11-28T01:02:45

\((x^3+8x^2)+(6x+48)\)	Factor out the individual GCF of the terms inside of the parentheses.
\(x^2(x+8)+6(x+8)\)	(x+8) is common in both, so we can rewrite.
\((x^2+6)(x+8)\)	Nothing more can be done here.