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Factorize:

(2x - 3)2 – 8x + 12

We have,



At first we’ll take common from the expression


= (2x – 3)2 – 4 (2x – 3)


= (2x – 3) (2x – 3 – 4)


= (2x – 3) (2x – 7)


Hence,


The given expression can be factorized as:



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