document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=70832>Question 70832</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072549017/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Factor Completely. 6z^3-27z^2+12z\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with a completely different answer than the options given and need to verify if this is correct. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "my answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3z(z-4)(2z-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the options for this question is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a)z(6z-1)(z-12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)3z(2z-1)(z-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)z(6z+1)(z+12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d)z(2z-1)(z-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks verifying, I appreciate it.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #50607 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=50607\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your answer is the same as answer b. And it is correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I suspect that the confusion came because you didn't recognize that they were identical<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because the two terms in parentheses appear in reverse order. That doesn't make a bit of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "difference in multiplication. No matter what order they are in, if the three terms are there,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the product will be the same. [You could have had the 3z as the last multiplier and it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wouldn't have made your answer different from answer b.]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That was a good job of factoring, by the way. </SPAN>\n" );
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