SOLUTION: THIS IS FACTOR BY GROUPING IS THIS SIMILAR TO FACTOR OUT THE GREATEST FACTOR 73. X2POWER+5Y-XY-5X 75. AR+BR-A-B HOW TO GROUP THESE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN I T

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: THIS IS FACTOR BY GROUPING IS THIS SIMILAR TO FACTOR OUT THE GREATEST FACTOR
73. X2POWER+5Y-XY-5X
75. AR+BR-A-B
HOW TO GROUP THESE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN I TFRIED MY ANS WAS WRONG ACCORDING TO THE BOOK IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN FACTORING OUT?
This question is from textbook beginning algebra

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
FACTOR
73. X^2+5Y-XY-5X
Rewrite as:
=x^2-5x-xy+5y
=x(x-5)-y(x-5)
=(x-5)(x-y)
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75. AR+BR-A-B
=R(A+B)-(A+B)
=(A+B)(R-1)
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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