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Chapter 6: Q 94 (page 589)

In the following exercises, factor completely using trial and error.
$6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2}$

Short Answer

Expert verified

The factorization of the expression is $6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2} = 6 y^{2} (y - 2) (y + 4)$

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given Information

Consider the expression $6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2}$

The objective is to factor the expression completely by using the trial and error method.

Step 2. Factor out GCF

The GCF of the three terms in the expression is $6 y^{2}$ . So factor the GCF from the expression we get

\begin{array}{rcl} 6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2} & = & 6 y^{2} 路 y^{2} + 6 y^{2} 路 2 y - 6 y^{2} 路 8 \\ = & 6 y^{2} (y^{2} + 2 y - 8) \end{array}

Step 3. Factor using trial and error

The factors of the first term and the last term of the trinomial $y^{2} + 2 y - 8$ are

$y^{2} = y 路 y - 8 = - 2 路 4$

Consider all the combinations

Possible Factors	Product
role="math" localid="1644599904615" $(y + 2) (y - 4)$	$y^{2} - 4 y + 2 y - 8 = y^{2} - 2 y - 8$
role="math" localid="1644599915411" $(y - 2) (y + 4)$	$y^{2} + 4 y - 2 y - 8 = y^{2} + 2 y - 8$

So the other factors are $(y - 2) (y + 4)$ .

Thus, $6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2} = 6 y^{2} (y - 2) (y + 4)$ .

Step 4. Check the factors

Multiply the factors to check the solution

$\begin{array}{rcl} 6 y^{2} (y - 2) (y + 4) & = & 6 y^{2} (y^{2} + 4 y - 2 y - 8) \\ = & 6 y^{2} (y^{2} + 2 y - 8) \\ = & 6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2} \end{array}$

And we get the given expression. So the expression is correctly factored.

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In the following exercises, factor completely using trial and error.
$6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2}$

Short Answer

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given Information

Step 2. Factor out GCF

Step 3. Factor using trial and error

Step 4. Check the factors

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In the following exercises, factor completely using trial and error.6y4+12y3-48y2

Short Answer

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given Information

Step 2. Factor out GCF

Step 3. Factor using trial and error

Step 4. Check the factors

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In the following exercises, factor completely using trial and error.
$6 y^{4} + 12 y^{3} - 48 y^{2}$