Is there a greatest common factor? What other factoring technique could you use according to the number of terms?
Prime
Practice makes perfect
We want to factor the given polynomial. Note that it has two terms.
2x^3+5y^3
First, notice that there is no greatest common factor. There are three additional common factoring techniques for binomials.
Difference of Two Squares
Difference of Two Cubes
Sum of Two Cubes
Since neither term is a square, we cannot use the difference of two squares. Furthermore, neither term is a cube, so we cannot use the sum nor the difference of two cubes. The given polynomial cannot be factored; it is prime.
Extra
Factoring techniques
There are different factoring techniques to apply according to the number of terms the polynomial has.
