How do you factor $3x^3-x^2-2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-31T08:40:03

$x(3x+2)(x-1)$

First note that every term has $x$ in it so the expression can be rewritten as

$x(3x^2-x-2)$

The term in brackets is then a standard quadratic which can be factored as $(3x+2)(x-1)$

So the final expression is $x(3x+2)(x-1)$

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