III) STEPS FOR BREAKING DOWN A POLYNOMIALFUNCTION FROM GENERAL TO FACTORED FORM:
Find your first “Root” or “Factor”
Your roots are usually numbers that multiply tothe constant term in the dividend
Dividing f(x) by its factor (x-r)
Long Division or Synthetic Division
The remainder must be zero
BUM Method, Criss-Cross Method
Split the quotient (trinomial) to two binomials