Which of the following are linear factors of p(x) = x 3 - 2x 2 - 5x + 6 ?

The roots are -2, 1, 3, so the linear factors are
.. (x +2)
.. (x -1)
.. (x -3)

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The value of x is 2 because we can compare like terms