How do you factor #4x^8 - 24x^7 + 24x^6#?
1 Answer
May 16, 2015
y = 4x^6 (x^2 - 6x + 6)
The trinomial in parentheses can't not be factored because its D = b^2 - 4ac = 36 - 24 = 12 is not a perfect square
