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Step 1. Focus on the last term and find a numbers that can be multiply or that last term.
Step 2. Make sure that the answer is equal to the last term.
7. Factoring by grouping
Step 1. If you will use the first method you need to use the FOIL method.
Step 2. If you will use the second method you need to use the chunking method.
Chunking Method
Step 1. Copy the given but separate it by using parenthesis and copy the middle sign.
Step 2. Find the common variable and copy the left behind variables in the first term and second term.
Step 3. Copy the left behind variable and copy the common variable.
Step 4. Copy again the left behind variable and factor out that can be factor out further.