TRY IT:
Factor

Factor

The thing to remember
on these is that, for something to be factored out, it
has to be in EVERY term.
Here's something messier:
What can we factor out of this?

Look at the numbers (coefficients)
first:
a
2
comes out
Now, look at the
x's:

They all have one
x... So, an
x
comes out.
Finally, the
y's:

| They all have a
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