document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169736>Question 1169736</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On an exam, Julie was asked to factor:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9z^2 + 27z + 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She incorrectly answers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9z^2 + 27z + 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= (3z + 6)(3z + 3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3(z + 2)(z + 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If this were an 8 point problem, how many points would you take off?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Why?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #794556 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=794556\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The took just one strange and unnecessary step to reach a correct factorization.  Take off maybe  not more than 2 points from the 8-points value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The factor, 3, should have been the first factor to have been isolated. </SPAN>\n" );
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