Factorize:

(3a - 1)2 – 6a + 2


We have,



At first we’ll take common from the expression


= (3a – 1)2 – 2 (3a – 1)


= (3a – 1) [(3a – 1) – 2]


= (3a – 1) (3a – 3)


= 3(3a – 1) (a – 1)


Hence,


The given expression can be factorized as:



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