Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.5 - Factoring Polynomials - Exercise Set - Page 69: 113

Answer

$(x-3y^{2})(2x-3y^{2}) $

Work Step by Step

$2x^{2}-7xy^{2}+3y^{4}=$ Treat as a trinomial of the form $ax^{2}+bx+c,$ $=2x^{2}-7y^{2}\cdot x+3y^{4}$ we search for factors of $ac=6y^{2}$ whose sum is $b=-7y^{2}$ and we find $-6y^{2}$ and $-y^{2}$ rewrite bx and factor in pairs $=2x^{2}-6y^{2}\cdot x-y^{2}\cdot x+3y^{4}$ $=2x(x-3y^{2})-y^{2}(x-3y^{2})$ $=(x-3y^{2})(2x-3y^{2}) $
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