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document.write( "I need help with factor by grouping...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^3 + 15x^2 - 12x^2 - 60x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How can you group them when they all have different exponents????<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help with factor by grouping...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^3 + 15x^2 - 12x^2 - 60x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How can you group them when they all have different exponents????<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can't, only terms with the same exponent can be grouped.  The 2 middle terms are x^2, so add those.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then divide by 3x, the largest common factor<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then factor the trinomial.<BR>\n" );
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