SOLUTION: My assignment says to "factor each completely" and the first question is {{{27p(squared)-48}}} I have no idea how to factor this or where I should begin. If you could take me step

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Question 959657: My assignment says to "factor each completely" and the first question is I have no idea how to factor this or where I should begin. If you could take me step by step that would be great. thank you for your time.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(FIXED MISTAKE)




should be




which allows factoring difference of squares:


The idea is to break every term into its prime factorizations. This allows you to see all possible distributed factors.
Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
My assignment says to "factor each completely" and the first question is I have no idea how to factor this or where I should begin. If you could take me step by step that would be great. thank you for your time.


 --------- Factoring out GCF, 3

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