document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5886>Question 5886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Factor 3y^2-8y+4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am using the decomposition method. I am only stuck on step 6 of the question...the two factors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I have so far...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6, -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y^2-6y-2y+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y(y-2)-2(y-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "...the answer book says that the two factors are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3y-2) (y-2) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why is this so? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If we were looking at the problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y(x)-2(x), we would immediately recognize that we could factor out the x, and be left with:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x)(3y-2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is missing this next step.  You are correct up to here:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now factor out the (y-2):<BR>\n" );
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