Factor x3 - x2 + 3x - 3 by grouping.

 

x3 - x2 + 3x - 3 = x2(x-1) + 3(x-1) Factor a common term from the first two terms
and factor a common term from the last two terms
so that the resulting two terms share a common factor.
  Show work. Factor the common factor from each of these two terms.

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