SOLUTION: factor the polynomials using whatever strategy seems appropriate. State what methods you will use and then demonstrate the methods on your problems, explaining the process as you
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Question 788072: factor the polynomials using whatever strategy seems appropriate. State what methods you will use and then demonstrate the methods on your problems, explaining the process as you go. Discuss any particular challenges those particular polynomials posed for the factoring.
6w^4-54W^2 these are two separate problems 1-XY-20^2Y^2 Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
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The coefficients are both multiples of , because , so we could take out as a common factor.
Both terms have powers of , and the smallest exponent is , and we can write as , so we could take out as a common factor.
We can take out both actors at the same time, as and
Next, we realize that is a difference of squares, a special product of the form .
Specifically, .
So the complete factorization is
