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Originally posted by crazymath44

I'm confused with taking these problems to the next step..can someone help please?
1) 63c-7

First factorize all the terms

63c-7

= 9 * 7 * c * c - 7

Now look for common factor in the terms. We see that 7 is common in the first and the second term. Factor it out:

= 7 * (9 * c- 1)

Now we see that we can re-write the terms within the parenthesis as difference of two squares.

= 7 * [(3 * c) - 1]

Futrther factorize the terms using difference of squares formula which states a - b = (a+b)*(a-b)

continue...


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2) x-4x
3) 4a-36
4)c-d please show me the answers with steps..i just need a little assistance to get me started. Thanks so much!

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