Question

we are doing special factorization, we need help with the equation 2x square +50y square - 20xy

Answer 1

2(x^2 + 25y^2 - 10xy)

Answer 2

we got that far, but is that all we do ?

Answer 3

Yep. That's all you can do. Since all three terms don't have the same variable (for example, if you wanted to factor out all y's, well, the first term doesn't have a y), and you can't do anything else with dividing out whole quantities, so that's the last thing you do

Answer 4

okay thanks!! what about \[x ^{3}-xy ^{2}+x ^{2}y-y ^{3}\]

Answer 5

its 3 2 2 3 if you cant see the small numbers, its hard to see

Answer 6

Thanks. Um, from what I can see, you can't do anything really with it.