document.write( "Question 75793: please see if this problem is correct and thanks in advance \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Factor completely: 3x^2+12x+12
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Algebra.Com's Answer #54421 by bucky(2189)\"\" \"About 
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Factor completely:
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\n" ); document.write( "3x^2+(2^2*3)x+2^2*3 <--- this is correct. But you might have found it easier
\n" ); document.write( "to just look at the coefficients of the terms in the original polynomial and
\n" ); document.write( "recognize that they were all divisible by 3. Then you could have factored out
\n" ); document.write( "the 3 to get 3(x^2 + 4x + 4)
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\n" ); document.write( "3[(x+2)^2] <--- this is correct
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\n" ); document.write( "3(x+2^2) <--- this is not correct. 2^2 is 4 and therefore what you have in
\n" ); document.write( "the parentheses is x + 4. I'm pretty sure that all that you meant to do
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\n" ); document.write( "3(x + 2)^2 <--- and this is correct
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\n" ); document.write( "With the exception of this minor error, you went about the problem correctly. You seem
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