Step 1 :
After factoring out $ x $ we have:
$$ x^{3}-10x^{2}+50x = x ( x^{2}-10x+50 ) $$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:
$$ \color{blue}{ b = -10 } ~ \text{ and } ~ \color{red}{ c = 50 }$$Now we must discover two numbers that sum up to $ \color{blue}{ -10 } $ and multiply to $ \color{red}{ 50 } $.
Step 3: Find out pairs of numbers with a product of $\color{red}{ c = 50 }$.
| PRODUCT = 50 | |
| 1 50 | -1 -50 |
| 2 25 | -2 -25 |
| 5 10 | -5 -10 |
Step 4: Because none of these pairs will give us a sum of $ \color{blue}{ -10 }$, we conclude the polynomial cannot be factored.