SOLUTION: Factor:
a^2+b^2-2ab+3b-3a-4
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Question 257078: Factor:
a^2+b^2-2ab+3b-3a-4
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, lets rearrange the terms as
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The left side is just a perfect square trinomial and is factored as
the right side has a common factor of 3 for two terms and can be factored as
putting these back together, we get
Now we have general factoring as
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