Question 82814: Please help me with this problem, it said to factor the polynomial:
2xy - 4x + 3y - 6
Answer by rapaljer(4671)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Anytime there are four terms in a factoring problem, first try grouping the first two and the last two terms together:
2xy - 4x + 3y - 6
From the first two terms take out a common factor of 2x, from the second two terms take out a 3 factor:
2xy - 4x + 3y - 6
2x(y - 2) + 3(y - 2)
Notice the common factor of (y-2):
(y-2)(2x-3)
For additional help with factoring, see my Lesson Plans in algebra.com or go to my own website by clicking on my tutor name "rapaljer" anywhere in algebra.com, and look for "MATH IN LIVING COLOR", then look in either Basic or Intermediate Algebra for "Chapter 2," then "Factoring the Common Factor."
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