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Grouping

Grouping involves arranging and grouping terms in a way that reveals common factors, which can then be factored out.

Let's consider the expression :

$$9a^2-6ab+12ac-8bc$$

We can group the $c$ terms together.

$$9a^2-6ab+(12ac-8bc)$$

Factorise using HCF :

$$3a(3a-2b)+4c(3a-2b)$$

We are now left with two terms, both of these terms share a common factor : $(3a-2b)$

$$(3a-2b)(3a+4c)$$

As an exercise, expand these brackets out to see if we resolve the original expression.

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