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question 0 0  Factor the trinomial completely.  Tutors, please
sign in to answer this question.  1 Answer  It looks like you
have a bunch of these, so let's defer the whole factoring and
prime discussion to the first one of these we solved today. With
a cubic (3rd degree polynomial, highest term is something like
x^3) the three best factoring methods to consider for starters
are grouping, sum or difference of cubes, or simplify to the
product of a monomial and quadratic and go from there.  There's
an 'a' in every term, so let's simplify.  8a^3 + 14a^2 + 3a =
a(8a^2 + 14a +3)  Now you can determine if the quadratic is
factorable over integers. You're already a pro at that, right?
If it is factorable, don't forget that 'a' in your final answer:
= a(    )(   )  i.e. three factors.