How do you factor $8x^3-24x^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-19T23:16:54

Notice that both of the terms are divisible by $8x^2$ , so separate that out to find:

$8x^3-24x^2 = 8x^2(x-3)$

Both $8x^3$ and $24x^2$ are divisible by $8x^2$ , so we find:

$8x^3-24x^2 =( 8x^2*x)-(8x^2*3) = 8x^2(x-3)$

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