document.write( "Question 50448This question is from textbook Algebra And Trigonometry
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document.write( "(x-1)² + 6(x-1)?\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)² + 6(x-1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let A = (x-1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute A for (x-1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "A² + 6A\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor out A\r\n" );
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document.write( "A(A + 6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Change the parentheses to brackets\r\n" );
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document.write( "A[A + 6]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now substitute (x-1) for A\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)[(x-1) + 6]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the parentheses inside the bracket\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)[x-1 + 6]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify what's inside the right brackets \r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)[x+5]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Change the bracket to parentheses\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-1)(x+5)\r\n" );
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