Factor x^3-2x^2-15x - Math online

$x^{3} - 2 x^{2} - 15 x$

Factor $x$ out of $x^{3} - 2 x^{2} - 15 x$ .

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Factor $x$ out of $x^{3}$ .

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

Factor $x$ out of $- 2 x^{2}$ .

$x \cdot x^{2} + x (- 2 x) - 15 x$

Factor $x$ out of $- 15 x$ .

$x \cdot x^{2} + x (- 2 x) + x \cdot - 15$

Factor $x$ out of $x \cdot x^{2} + x (- 2 x)$ .

$x (x^{2} - 2 x) + x \cdot - 15$

Factor $x$ out of $x (x^{2} - 2 x) + x \cdot - 15$ .

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

Factor.

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

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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.

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

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

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

Factor x^3-2x^2-15x

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