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Can someone help me figure this out: Factor 12y^2-27? I keep getting the steps confused.

Can someone help me figure this out: Factor 12y^2-27? I keep getting the steps confused.
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Can someone help me figure this out: Factor 12y^2-27? I keep getting the steps confused.

User Andrea Scarafoni
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Factor out the gcf first.

3(4y^2-9)

The binomial inside is a perfect square so keep factoring.

3(2y+3)(2y-3)

The pair of binomials cannot be further factored so stop there.
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