Math quest plz helppp!!?

Question

Factor the polynomial completley:

24x^3y-12xy^2+12xy

* i dk . . i got 12xy(2x^2 -y) or is it 12xy (2x^2 -y +1) ???

Answer 1

Well, I'm not going to do the problem for you. I will give you a hint on how to find which answer is correct.

Multiply out the answers that you got... For example, you would go about multiplying out your first answer like so:

12xy times 2x^2 - y... Distributive property

Do the same thing on the other one. When you have the factored answer, when you multiply it out it should equal the original polynomial.

Example: Factored form of x^2+5x+6= (x+3)(x+2)

(x+3) times (x+2) = x^2+5x+6

Answer 2

24x^3y - 12xy^2 + 12xy

12xy(2x^2 - y + 1)

Common factor is all you can do here