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Algebra.Com's Answer #560528 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "a2(a+1)-2a(a+1)+a+1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put parentheses around the last two terms\r\n" );
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document.write( "a2(a+1)-2a(a+1)+(a+1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Put a 1 in front of the last parentheses:\r\n" );
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document.write( "a2(a+1)-2a(a+1)+1(a+1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you see that each term contains a (a+1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "a2(a+1)-2a(a+1)+1(a+1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "And you can factor out the red (a+1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a+1)(a2-2a+1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, the black part factors:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a+1)(a-1)(a-1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a+1)(a-1)2\r\n" );
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document.write( "or dropping the red coloring:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(a+1)(a-1)2\r\n" );
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document.write( "becomes\r\n" );
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