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Algebra.Com's Answer #142426 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"7a%5E2-28b%5E2\" Start with the given expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%28a%5E2-4b%5E2%29\" Factor out the GCF 7\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%28a%5E2-%282b%29%5E2%29\" Rewrite \"4b%5E2\" as \"%282b%29%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%28a%2B2b%29%28a-2b%29\" Factor \"a%5E2-%282b%29%5E2\" to get \"%28a%2B2b%29%28a-2b%29\" (note: use the difference of squares formula)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"7a%5E2-28b%5E2\" completely factors to \"7%28a%2B2b%29%28a-2b%29\"
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