document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=983068>Question 983068</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What happens if you factor out 3x from 6x to the power of two minus 12x?Describe your answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you factor out <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which is a factor common to every term,  from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%5E2-12x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%5E2-12x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you will get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%28x-4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%28x-4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is simplified form of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x%5E2-12x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x%5E2-12x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you are doing here is using the distributive law in reverse; you are sort of un-distributing the factor.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Recall that the distributive law says:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%28b+%2B+c%29+=+ab+%2B+ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%28b+%2B+c%29+=+ab+%2B+ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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