Q11 of 274 Page 69

Factorize:

6x – x – x2

We have,



Now by using middle-term splitting, we get


= 6 + 2x – 3x – x2


= 2 (3 + x) – x (3 + x)


= (3 + x) (2 – x)


Hence,


The given expression can be factorized as:



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