Question

How do you factor `y= 25x^3 + 5x` ?

Answer 1

`y = 5x(5x^2 + 1)`

Explanation:

First take out the common factor which is `5x`
Then `y = 5x(5x^2 + 1)`
The bracketed term cannot be simply factored further, but you could use the quadratic formula to solve it.