Factor x^3-4x^2-11x+30

$x^{3} - 4 x^{2} - 11 x + 30$

Step 1

Factor $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} - 11 x + 30$ using the rational roots test.

If a polynomial function has integer coefficients, then every rational zero will have the form $\frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ is a factor of the constant and $q$ is a factor of the leading coefficient.

$p = \pm 1, \pm 30, \pm 2, \pm 15, \pm 3, \pm 10, \pm 5, \pm 6 q = \pm 1$

Find every combination of $\pm \frac{p}{q}$ . These are the possible roots of the polynomial function.

$\pm 1, \pm 30, \pm 2, \pm 15, \pm 3, \pm 10, \pm 5, \pm 6$

Substitute $2$ and simplify the expression. In this case, the expression is equal to $0$ so $2$ is a root of the polynomial.

Substitute $2$ into the polynomial.

$2^{3} - 4 \cdot 2^{2} - 11 \cdot 2 + 30$

Raise $2$ to the power of $3$ .

$8 - 4 \cdot 2^{2} - 11 \cdot 2 + 30$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$8 - 4 \cdot 4 - 11 \cdot 2 + 30$

Multiply $- 4$ by $4$ .

$8 - 16 - 11 \cdot 2 + 30$

Subtract $16$ from $8$ .

$- 8 - 11 \cdot 2 + 30$

Multiply $- 11$ by $2$ .

$- 8 - 22 + 30$

Subtract $22$ from $- 8$ .

$- 30 + 30$

Add $- 30$ and $30$ .

$0$

Since $2$ is a known root, divide the polynomial by $x - 2$ to find the quotient polynomial. This polynomial can then be used to find the remaining roots.

$\frac{x^{3} - 4 x^{2} - 11 x + 30}{x - 2}$

Divide $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} - 11 x + 30$ by $x - 2$ .

Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of $0$ .

$x$

$2$

$x^{3}$

$4 x^{2}$

$11 x$

$30$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $x^{3}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

					$x^{2}$
	$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			+	$x^{3}$	-	$2 x^{2}$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $x^{3} - 2 x^{2}$

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $- 2 x^{2}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$4 x$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- 2 x^{2} + 4 x$

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $- 15 x$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$15$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$15$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- 15 x + 30$

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$15$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$
							+	$15 x$	-	$30$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$15$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$	+	$30$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	-	$11 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$15 x$	+	$30$
							+	$15 x$	-	$30$
										$0$

Since the remander is $0$ , the final answer is the quotient.

$x^{2} - 2 x - 15$

Write $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} - 11 x + 30$ as a set of factors.

$(x - 2) (x^{2} - 2 x - 15)$

Step 2

Factor $x^{2} - 2 x - 15$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $- 15$ and whose sum is $- 2$ .

$- 5, 3$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$(x - 2) ((x - 5) (x + 3))$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$(x - 2) (x - 5) (x + 3)$

Factor x^3-4x^2-11x+30

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