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Completely factor the polynomial: 9x+ay+9y+ax

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Answer:

(x + y)(a + 9)

Explanation:

Here, we want to factorize the polynomial

We can do this by taking together like terms

Thus. we have that;

9x + ax + ay + 9y

= x(a + 9) + y(a + 9)

= (x+y)(a+ 9)

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