Factor: check by multiplying
x^2-6x
Is this correct?
x^2(x-5)
you need to factor out an x out of each, so the answer actuall is:
x(x-6)
Thanks Dan. You are one very smart cookie.
To check whether the factorization x^2(x-5) is correct for the expression x^2 - 6x, we can multiply the factors together and see if we get the original expression.
Let's perform the multiplication:
x^2(x-5) = x^2 * x + x^2 * (-5) = x^3 - 5x^2
As you can see, the result of the multiplication is not the same as the original expression x^2 - 6x.
Therefore, the factorization x^2(x-5) is not correct for the expression x^2 - 6x.