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3.Press and to select just the 20 in the 20 term.

4.Press the menu key and choose FACTOR. Then press .

Note that the FACTOR function is added to the selected term.

5.Press to factor the selected term.

6.Press to select the entire second term, and

then press to simplify it.

7.Press

to select the 45 in the first term.

8.As you did earlier, press

the menu key and choose FACTOR. Then

press and to factor the selected term.

9.Press to select the entire second term, and

then press to simplify it.

Computer Algebra System (CAS)

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