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document.write( "If it were \r\n" );
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document.write( "jA-10A\r\n" );
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document.write( "then you would factor out the red A, and it would\r\n" );
document.write( "leave the green j and the green -10\r\n" );
document.write( "to go in black parentheses like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "A(j-10) \r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore since it's\r\n" );
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document.write( "j(k-5)-10(k-5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "then you likewise factor out the red (k-5), and it\r\n" );
document.write( "leaves the green j and the green -10 \r\n" );
document.write( "to go in black parentheses like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(k-5)(j-10)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only difference is that A doesn't take up\r\n" );
document.write( "as much space as (k-5).  One thing to learn in\r\n" );
document.write( "algebra is how to treat big chunks of algebra the \r\n" );
document.write( "same way as you treat little chunks of algebra.\r\n" );
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