Factor the polynomial. 4m4 + 36m3 + 96m2 + 80m
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given the polynomials:
4m^4 + 36m^3 + 96m^2 + 80m
Factor the polynomial.
Solution:
In order to factor the polynomial, we must simply look at the greatest common factors of each polynomial and term with the lowest degree. For the greatest common factors, we all know that 36, 96 and 80 contains the factor of 4, this means that we can factor out 4 in the equation. For the term, we have m with the lowest degree of 1, therefore we can factor it out aswell.
=4m (m^3 + 9m^2+ 24m + 20)
Final answer:
=4m (m^3 + 9m^2+ 24m + 20)