Question

How do you factor `5x^3 - 25x^2 + 2x - 10`?

Answer 1

I would collect `x` between the first and third term and `-5` between the second and fourth getting:
`x(5x^2+2)-5((5x^2+2)=`
Collecting the brackets:
`=(5x^2+2)(x-5)`

Hope it helps