document.write( "Question 587928: 50g^2-8\r
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I imagine you want to factor $\"50g%5E2-8\"$ and are concerned that $\"50g%5E2\"$ and $\"8\"$ are not perfect squares. Unless there is some evil teacher that wants to make you use some awkward square roots, there must be a way.
\n" ); document.write( "Fortunately $\"50\"$ and $\"8\"$ divide by 2 evenly, so your first factoring task would be to take out that common factor 2.
\n" ); document.write( "HINT: Always look for common factors first.
\n" ); document.write( "After that, you end up with perfect squares $\"25g%5E2\"$ and $\"4\"$ , and wonder why you did not see it coming from the start.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"50g%5E2-8=2%2825g%5E2-4%29=2%285g%2B2%29%285g-2%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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