How do you factor 2a^2c^3-14bc^3+32c^3d^2?

1 Answer
Mar 31, 2016

2a^2c^3-14bc^3+32c^3d^2=color(green)((2c^3)(a^2-7b+16d^2)

Explanation:

Since each term is even, we can extract a factor of 2
and since each term contains c^3 that can also be extracted.

The terms that remain contain different variables and therefore can not be further reduced.