BRAINLIEST ANSWER GOES TO WHOEVER ANSWERS IN THE NEXT FIVE MINS!!Determine if x - 2 is a factor of p(x) = x 4 - 3x 2 + 2x - 8, and EXPLAIN WHY:)

If x-2 is a factor of the polynomial, then x = 2 must make it zero.
We proceed to replace x = 2 in the polynomial:
16-12+4-8 = 0
As we can see, x-2 is a factor of the polynomial.
Factoring the expression, we obtain:
(x-2)(x^3+2x^2+x+4)
It is shown that x-2 is a factor of the polynomial.