how to do this problem?

Question

Factor the polynomial completely.

16x⁴+8x³−3x²

Answer 1

First, we can factor out the GCF of all three terms to simplify this trinomial:

 

16x⁴ + 8x³ - 3x²

x²(16x² + 8x - 3)

 

Now, we can factor our remaining trinomial into two binomials:

 

x²(4x - 1)(4x + 3)