document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012918>Question 1012918</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Factor completely: 6(x-y)^2+23(x-y)-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is (6x-6y-1)(x-y+4), but I don't know how the book came up with that answer and I need the steps that would show me how factoring this problem would come out to the answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "suppose this were<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x^2+23x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6x-1)(x+4) would be the factored form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, in place of x, put (x-y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6(x-y)-1)(x-y+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6x-6y-1)(x-y+4) </SPAN>\n" );
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