Explain why you cannot use factoring by grouping on a polynomial with three terms.
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The idea is to group the terms in pairs and factor out the common factor from each pair. Then, we can factor out the common factor from the resulting two terms. However, if we have a polynomial with only three terms, we cannot group them in pairs. We can only Show more…
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