SOLUTION: 1-x^2-y-xy

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Question 259983: 1-x^2-y-xy
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Color the first two terms black and the last two green



Factor the black part as the difference of two perfect squares:
Factor the green part by factoring out 



Now I will recolor it:



Factor out the common red binomial factor 
and put the two green factors as a sum inside another parentheses:




And you can remove the inner green parentheses:



And the final answer (without the colors) is



Edwin


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