document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=523446>Question 523446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> factor completely.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24ab-9a^2-40b+15a  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's rearrange this 24ab-9a^2-40b+15a as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24ab-40b-9a^2+15a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This can be rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8b(3a-5)-3a(3a-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can write it as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8b-3a)(a-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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