SOLUTION: Factor. Use factoring by grouping even though it would seem better to at first combine the like terms. 5b^2-7b-35b+49

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Question 704024: Factor. Use factoring by grouping even though it would seem better to at first combine the like terms. 5b^2-7b-35b+49
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5bē - 7b - 35b + 49
= b(5b - 7) - 7(5b - 7) {factored b out of first two terms and -7 out of last two terms}
= (5b - 7)(b - 7) {factored (5b - 7) out of the two terms}

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