SOLUTION: Good Morning, HELP!!! Factoring perfect-square Trinomials and determine if it a prime if I must state it. 27m^2 - 36m + 12 Thanking you in advance Betty

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Question 1014010: Good Morning,
HELP!!! Factoring perfect-square Trinomials and determine if it a prime if I must state it.
27m^2 - 36m + 12

Thanking you in advance Betty
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, fractalier:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
27m^2 - 36m + 12
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3(9m^2 - 12m + 4)
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= 3(3m-2)^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Okay, from
27m^2 - 36m + 12
we first look for a greatest common factor...here that would be 3...so we get
3(9m^2 - 12m + 4)
Now factor the trinomial...turns out this is a perfect square and we get
3(3m - 2)^2