document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=601564>Question 601564</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you factor (x-3)^2-2(x-3)-8? Factoring trinomials </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = x-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite your problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w^2 - 2w - 8 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(w-4)(w+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute back to the \"x\" form:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-3-4)(x-3+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= (x-7)(x-1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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