SOLUTION: A student factored {{{6x^6y^2 + 3xy}}} as {{{3xy(2x^5y)}}} what went wrong?

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Question 1032668: A student factored as what went wrong?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A student factored as what went wrong?
The student forgot to factor  out of the  and get 

 factors as  but not without the .

Edwin




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