How do I factor a polynomial?

[awholenumber]

If you write a polynomial as the product of two or more polynomials, you have factored the polynomial.

Here is an example:

how do i factor a polynomial ?

can somebody explain this step in detail ?

 

[jedishrfu]

Khan Academy has a whole series of videos on it:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomial-factorization

 

[awholenumber]

Thanks , i had to start somewhere :)

 

[jedishrfu]

Great, here's another resource:

http://www.dummies.com/education/math/pre-calculus/how-to-factor-a-polynomial-expression/

 

[awholenumber]

Thanks :)