This skill involves simplifying an algebraic expression with different variables and a leading coefficient into a product of two bracketed terms, each containing one of the variables. This is achieved by grouping and factoring out common terms from different parts of the expression.
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Simplify an algebraic expression with different variables and a leading coefficient to brackets times brackets
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Let's simplify this expression to a pair of bracketed terms that each have one of the variables. Notice that our 'X' 'Y' term has a coefficient, so we need to approach this a bit differently
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Let's group the terms into terms that have a 'Y' and terms that don't.
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Looking at the first bracketed group, we can see that there is a common factor of 2 'Y', so let's take that out
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In the second bracketed group, there is a common factor of 3, so we can take that out.
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We have a common factor of 3 'X' plus 4, so we can take that out and rearrange for our answer