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Explain the error in the following equation:

3a(x+y)-4b(x+y)= (3a-4b) (x+y)^2

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(x+y) does not need to be squared because 3a and -4b are being multiplied by that once so really the right side of the equation should be (3a-4b) (x+y)
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