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Factorize:

2a2 + bc – 2ab – ac

We have,



At first we’ll take common from the expression


= 2a2 – 2ab – ac + bc


= 2a (a – b) – c (a – b)


= (a – b) (2a – c)


Hence,


The given expression can be factorized as:



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