Factor - 8x3 - 2x2 - 12x - 3 by grouping. What is the resulting expression?

Factoring by grouping is splitting middle terms into two appropriate terms.

let us see the resulting expression below as we factor the expression - 8x3-2x2-12x-3.

-8x3-2x2-12x-3

= 2x^2 (-4x-1) 3 (-4x-1)

= (2x^2+3) (-4x-1)

the resulting expression after factoring - 8x3-2x2-12x-3 by grouping is:

(2x^2+3) (-4x-1)

The method factoring by grouping is widely used by college professors, teachers, students and even textbook authors.