How do you factor the expression $5x^3 - x^2 + 5x - 1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-21T20:31:09

$=(5x-1)(x^2+1)$

We can see that:

$5x^3-x^2+5x-1=(5x-1)x^2+ 5x-1$

$=(5x-1)(x^2+1)$

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