Asked by htht

Factor x3 – 7x2 – 5x + 35 by grouping. What is the resulting expression?

(x2 – 7)(x – 5)
(x2 – 7)(x + 5)
(x2 – 5)(x – 7)
(x2 + 5)(x – 7)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
(x^3 – 7x^2) + (−5x + 35) = x^2(x − 7) − 5(x − 7) = (x − 7)(x^2 − 5)

So the correct choice is (x^2 − 5)(x − 7).