What is the factorization of...

Question

p^3 - 2p^2 -9p + 18?

Answer 1

if you do a little rearranging, you see

p^3-9p - 2p^2+18
p(p^2-9) - 2(p^2-9)
(p-2)(p^2-9)
(p-2)(p-3)(p+3)

Answer 2

Oh. I understand. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!!