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Old 11-21-2001, 03:29 AM   #1
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use your heads

Hey guys, I have some maths problems that I can't work out can someone help?

Factorise these by any method:
16b²-81
and
1.5x²+x-2


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Old 11-21-2001, 10:54 PM   #2
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Mr. G,

The first one is the DIFFERENCE of THE SQUARES!

16b²-81 = [(4b)²-(9)²] = (4b-9)(4b+9)

I will work on the second one. HTH

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