document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=378958>Question 378958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Desperate for your help!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm working on the squares of Binomials and had been doing really well until the last 4 questions.   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I understood how to write each square as a trinomial:  (a - 9)^2 = a^2 + 18a +81\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I understood how to factor: 4c^2 - 12c + 9 = (2c - 3)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It was when I got to these that I was lost. Completely. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x^2 + 8x + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a^2)b + 6ab^2 +9b^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^8 + 48x^5 + 192x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me by showing me a detailed step by step way to factor these types of problems!!!  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #269129 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=269129\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8x^2 + 8x + 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Common Factor: 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(4x^2+4x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(2x+1)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a^2)b + 6ab^2 +9b^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Common Factor: b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= b(a^2+6ab+9b^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= b(a+3b)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x^8 + 48x^5 + 192x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Common Factor: 3x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3x^2(x^6 + 16x^3 + 64)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3x^2(x^3+8)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3x^2(x+2)(x^2-2x+4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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