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document.write( "First factor as the difference of two squares by considering it as\r\n" );
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document.write( "That gives:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now factor the first parenthetical expression as the difference of\r\n" );
document.write( "two cubes and the second parenthetical expression as the sum of two\r\n" );
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