Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Step  2  :

Pulling out like terms :

 2.1     Pull out like factors :

   -x² - x + 2  =   -1 • (x² + x - 2) 

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 2.2     Factoring  x² + x - 2 

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

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

Step-2 : Find two factors of  -2  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   1 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -1  and  2 
                     x² - 1x + 2x - 2

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    x • (x-1)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    2 • (x-1)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (x+2)  •  (x-1)
             Which is the desired factorization

Final result :

  (-x - 2) • (x - 1)