document.write( "Question 54808: b^2 – ab – 6a^2 I was told to facrtor this problem completely and this is the answer that I came up with am I right?(b + 3a)(b – 2a) \n" ); document.write( "

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b^2 – ab – 6a^2
\n" ); document.write( "I was told to factor this problem completely and this is the answer that I came up with am I right?(b + 3a)(b – 2a)
\n" ); document.write( "You're almost right:
\n" ); document.write( "Two numbers that multiply together to give you -6 (the last number) but add together to give you -1 (the coefficient of x)are:
\n" ); document.write( "-3*2=-6 and -3+2=-1
\n" ); document.write( "(b-3a)(b+2a)
\n" ); document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! \n" ); document.write( "

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