document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105916>Question 105916</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0534493947/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could not figure out how to put this into the solvers? Can someone please factor the following by grouping?7x^2 + 7xy + 4x + 4y????<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is how I thought I was supposed to do this but I am not getting the right answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x^2 + 4x = 11x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7xy + 4x+4y = 15xy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15xy + 11x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is as far as I got. Am I even close? Please help? Thank You! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "7x(x+y)+4(x+y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(7x+4)(x+y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think this is what they meant.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ed </SPAN>\n" );
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