Given f(x)=4x^3+7x^2-7x-10 factor f(x), given that -1 is a zero

If - 1 is a zero then

is a factor.

Dividing with this factor using the long division approach, we get the quadratic factor to be,


(see attachment).

We can rewrite the polynomial as


We can further factor as


That is

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