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document.write( "In the first two terms only,
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document.write( "In the last two terms only,
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document.write( "Now we can take out the parentheses as the common factor\r\n" );
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document.write( "so the final factored form is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "FACTOR BY FINDING THE GREATEST COMMON FACTOR: \r\n" );
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document.write( "We can factor
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document.write( "That's as far as we can go, because there is no way\r\n" );
document.write( "to factor what is inside the parentheses by grouping:\r\n" );
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