document.write( "Question 22374: This is factoring polynomials.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #11641 by venugopalramana(3286)\"\" \"About 
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9x^2+24xy-9y^2 ..WE FIND 3 IS A COMMON FACTOR AND TAKE IT OUT..
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\n" ); document.write( "TAKE PRODUCT OF COEFFICIENTS OF X^2 AND Y^2 TERMS .THEY ARE 3 AND -3 .SO PRODUCT = 3*-3=-9
\n" ); document.write( "NOW TRY BY GUESS 2 FACTORS OF THIS PRODUCT -9 WHOSE SUM IS THE COEFFICIENT OF XY TERM THAT IS 8..WE TRY..
\n" ); document.write( "-9=-1*9....SUM IS -1+9=8..OK.. HENCE 8 XY = -1XY+9XY ...SO NOW WE WRITE
\n" ); document.write( "=3(3X^2-1XY+9XY-3Y^2)
\n" ); document.write( "3{X(3X-Y)-3Y(3X-Y)}=3(X-3Y)(3X-Y)
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