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OpenStax, Intermediate Algebra 2e §6.4 General Strategy for Factoring Polynomials · Exercise 42 · Algebra · Factoring

General Strategy for Factoring Polynomials · Exercise 42

The difference of squares can be factored as But it is not completely factored. What more must be done to completely factor.

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OpenStax, Intermediate Algebra 2e · §6.4 General Strategy for Factoring Polynomials · Exercise 42

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