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Algebra.Com's Answer #50092 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "12x^2 - 60x

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document.write( "3x^2(2x - 5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "12x(x - 5)

\n" ); document.write( "Now you can divide 3x^2 by 12x to get x/4 (edit: Sorry I mixed up my numbers)
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document.write( "x(2x - 5)\r\n" );
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document.write( "4(x - 5)

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