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93. The area of a painting. A rectangular painting with a width of x centimeters has an area of square centimeters. Find a binomial that represents the length.

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95. Amount of investment. The amount of an investment of P dollars for t years at simple interest rate r is given by .

a.) Rewrite this formula by factoring out the greatest common factor on the right hand side.
b.) Find A if $8300 is invested for 3 years at a simple interest rate of 15%.

Factoring the Special Products and Factoring by Grouping

15. Factor each polynomial.

61. Factor each polynomial completely.

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Use grouping to factor each polynomial completely.

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