document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261683>Question 261683</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> factor<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^4 y^2 - 3x^2y^2 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #192859 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PRMath><B>PRMath(133)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=PRMath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=192859\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your problem is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E4y%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E4y%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  What is common to both?  Well, a 3 is common and there are x and y variables.  You can \"pull out\" those numbers and variables and when we \"pull\" them out, it means we are DIVIDING.   Try this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's pull out a 3, as well as an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, k?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2y%5E2%28x%5E2+-+1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2y%5E2%28x%5E2+-+1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  <---To get this, we divided <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E4y%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E4y%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >/<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and we divided <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3x%5E2y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3x%5E2y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >/<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%5E2y%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%5E2y%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We still are not done factoring because <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2+-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2+-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the difference of squares, so nowwww we have to factor that like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now it's all factored. :-)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this helps.  I have some factoring tutorials on youtube.  If you search for PRMathChicago on youtube, you'll find the videos.   </SPAN>\n" );
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