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your description? Check all of the boxes that
apply.
Check for a greatest common factor.
There are four terms, so consider factoring
by grouping, which yields
(2x +5)(x2 - 4).
Identify x2 - 4 as the difference of squares.
Factor complehely as
(2x + 5)(x + 2)(x - 2).