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Can someone show the steps to factor x^3-x^2+x-1

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Guest · Answer 1 · 2012-09-29T09:46:58

x^3-x^2+x-1
=(x*x*x)-(x*x)+x-1
=x(x^2-x+1)-1

Not sure if this is right, but it should help.

Guest · Answer 2 · 2012-09-30T03:57:24

No, but thanks anyway. That's not the answer the book gave. The book gave as the answer (x+1) (x-1)^ But we have to show how we got the answer.

Hellas · Answer 3 · 2012-09-30T08:59:49

The correct answer is χ^3-χ^2χ+1 => χ^2*(χ-1)+χ-1 => (χ^2+1)*(χ-1)

suny · Answer 4 · 2012-11-07T11:28:58

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