Normal algebra question: can I somehow factor out the X and Y in this expression?

aX+XY+bY
becomes either:

X(a+Y)+by
or
Y(b+X)+aX

see I can either get one or the other, is there a trick to getting both?

Question

Normal algebra question: can I somehow factor out the X and Y in this expression?

aX+XY+bY
 becomes either:

X(a+Y)+by 
or
Y(b+X)+aX

see I can either get one or the other, is there a trick to getting both?

unklerhaukus · Answer

i dont think its gonna factor nicely

kainui · Answer

I'm trying to figure out how to "solve" it, if it's even possible. I'm kind of trying to imagine the xy term as almost a squared term to some how solve it "inside-out" not that that makes any sense, but maybe you get what I mean.

unklerhaukus · Answer

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