Select all of the factors of x3 5x2 2x 8


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Select all of the factors of x3 + 5x2 + 2x – 8.

x + 5
x – 3
x + 4
x – 1
x + 3
x + 2

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The factors of this polynomial would be (x + 4)(x + 2)(x - 1).


To find these, you first have to start with long division to find the first factor. If you use x + 4 it would look like this.


 \frac{x^{3} + 5x^{2} + 2x - 8}{x + 4}    =  x^{2} + x - 2


Now we are left with only  x^{2} + x - 2 . We can factor this by looking for numbers that multiply to the last number and add to the middle number. 2 and -2 multiply to -2 and add to 1. Therefore, we'll use those in parenthesis in their place.


(x + 4)(x + 2)(x - 1)






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