Factor $LaTeX: \displaystyle - 36 x^{3} + 12 x^{2} + 54 x - 18$ .

Factoring out the GCF $LaTeX: \displaystyle -6$ from each term gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle -6(6 x^{3} - 2 x^{2} - 9 x + 3)$ . Grouping the first two terms and factoring out their GCF, $LaTeX: \displaystyle 2 x^{2}$ , gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle 2 x^{2}(3 x - 1)$ . Grouping the last two terms and factoring out their GCF, $LaTeX: \displaystyle -3$ , gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle -3(3 x - 1)$ . The polynomial now has a common binomial factor of $LaTeX: \displaystyle 3 x - 1$ . This gives $LaTeX: \displaystyle -6[2 x^{2} \left(3 x - 1\right) -3 \cdot \left(3 x - 1\right)] = -6\left(3 x - 1\right) \left(2 x^{2} - 3\right)$ .