document.write( "Question 937073: Emily Factored 16x^2-36 as (4x-6)^2\r
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document.write( "No! Because \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%284x-6%29%5E2=%284x-6%29%284x-6%29=16x%5E2-24x-24x%2B36+=16x%5E2-48x%2B36\" which is not \"16x%5E2-36\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The correct way to factor \"16x%5E2-36\" is\r\n" );
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document.write( "First take out the GCF which is 4, getting \"4%284x%5E2-9%29\" then\r\n" );
document.write( "that is the difference of squares which factors as the difference and\r\n" );
document.write( "sum of the square roots, and the result is \"4%282x-3%292x%2B3%29\".\r\n" );
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