Step 1 :
After factoring out $ 7x $ we have:
$$ 7x^{3}+21x^{2}-63x = 7x ( x^{2}+3x-9 ) $$Step 2 :
Step 2: Identify constants $ \color{blue}{ b }$ and $\color{red}{ c }$. ( $ \color{blue}{ b }$ is a number in front of the $ x $ term and $ \color{red}{ c } $ is a constant). In our case:
$$ \color{blue}{ b = 3 } ~ \text{ and } ~ \color{red}{ c = -9 }$$Now we must discover two numbers that sum up to $ \color{blue}{ 3 } $ and multiply to $ \color{red}{ -9 } $.
Step 3: Find out pairs of numbers with a product of $\color{red}{ c = -9 }$.
| PRODUCT = -9 | |
| -1 9 | 1 -9 |
| -3 3 | 3 -3 |
Step 4: Because none of these pairs will give us a sum of $ \color{blue}{ 3 }$, we conclude the polynomial cannot be factored.