Factor out of the first two terms
only:
Factor out of the last two terms
(Don't forget that when you factor out a
negative, you change the signs of everything
that goes in the parentheses:
Then factor out
That's a much as it will factor.
Edwin
You can put this solution on YOUR website! factoring a 3 out of the first 2 terms and a out of the last two terms we have
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now factor our a (5+y) term
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(5+y)(3-x^2)
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we have a form of differences of squares in term if you use radicals
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that all she wrote
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