document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=123296>Question 123296</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you factor out the greatest common factor of this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3a^3-27a^2-12a </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #90487 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><B>chitra(359)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=90487\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The given expression is: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here we can observe that 3a can be takenn as a common factor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we can write this as: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3a[a^2 - 9a - 4] \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, 3a is the greatest common factor  </SPAN>\n" );
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