How do you factor $10q^3-1210q$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-18T11:32:24

$10q(q+11)(q-11)$

We can start by factoring out the 10 and a $q$ :

$10q^3-1210q$

$10q(q^2-121)$

Notice that the statement within the brackets is of the form $(a^2-b^2)$ , meaning we can factor it into $(a+b)(a-b)$ :

$10q(q+11)(q-11)$

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