Answer:
2 • (u - 2) • (u2 + 2u - 7)
Step-by-step explanation:
2.1 Pull out like factors :
2u - 4 = 2 • (u - 2)
Trying to factor by splitting the middle term
2.2 Factoring u2 + 2u - 7
The first term is, u2 its coefficient is 1 .
The middle term is, +2u its coefficient is 2 .
The last term, "the constant", is -7
Step 1: Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant 1 • -7 = -7
Step 2: Find two factors of -7 whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is 2 .
-7 + 1 = -6
-1 + 7 = 6
