If you are looking to factor this expression, then it does not have a real solution.
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x2 - 4x = 8 x2 - 4x + 4 = 8 + 4 (x - 2)2 = 12 x - 2 = +&- sq. root of 12 x = 2 +&- 2(sq. root of 3)
(x + 6)(x - 2)
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You can work this out with long division, by checking to see if (x2 - 1) is a factor of (2x4 + 4x3 - x2 + 4x - 3). It is. Unfortunately, the WikiAnswers system is somewhat limited in depicting things such as long division, so we won't be able to represent it here. In short though, (2x4 + 4x3 - x2 + 4x - 3) / (x2 + 1) is equal to 2x2 + 4x - 3. which means that: (x2 + 1) / (2x4 + 4x3 - x2 + 4x - 3) = (x2 + 1) / (x2 + 1)(2x2 + 4x - 3) = 1 / (2x2 + 4x - 3)
x3 + x2 + 4x + 4 = (x2 + 4)(x + 1)