1) For this one its clear that substituting x = -1 makes the expression equal 0, therefore x + 1 is a factor. now divide the original expression by x + 1 to get 2 other factors, therefore the answer is (x+1)(x+1)(x-2)
2) for this one it is clear that substituting x = 1 makes the entire exression equal 0, therefore x -1 is a factor. dividing the entire original expression by x - 1 gives a quadratic expression which can be further factored to give the final factoreed expression: (x-1)(x-1)(x+3)
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