Question

How do you factor `m - m^3`?

Answer 1

`m(1+m)(1-m)`

Explanation:

The first step with any factoring s to look for a common factor. In this case there is an `m` in each term.

Divide it out to get: `m(1-m^2)`

This leads to difference of 2 squares:

`m(1+m)(1-m)`