Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "x2"   was replaced by   "x^2". 

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (22x2 -  32x) -  2

Step  2  :

Step  3  :

Pulling out like terms :

 3.1     Pull out like factors :

   4x² - 32x - 2  =   2 • (2x² - 16x - 1) 

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 3.2     Factoring  2x² - 16x - 1 

The first term is,  2x²  its coefficient is  2 .
The middle term is,  -16x  its coefficient is  -16 .
The last term, "the constant", is  -1 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   2 • -1 = -2 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  -2  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -16 .

Observation : No two such factors can be found !!
Conclusion : Trinomial can not be factored

Final result :

  2 • (2x2 - 16x - 1)