Q7 of 274 Page 62

Factorize:

4(a + b) – 6 (a + b)2

We have,



At first we’ll take common from the expression


= (a + b) [4 – 6 (a + b)]


= 2(a + b) (2 – 3a – 3b)


Hence,


The given expression can be factorized as:



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