document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=895771>Question 895771</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! My class is doing review of factoring and I feel worried that I dont know the first step to this factoring problem. Can anyone help me?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor completely 50x^2-98y^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "factor out 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*(25x^2-49y^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now we have a difference of squares<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*(5x-7y)(5x+7y)<BR>\n" );
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