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How do you simplify:

5x^(2) - 3xy - 8y^(2)
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\bf 5x^2-3xy-8y^2\implies (5x^2-3xy)-8y^2\implies \stackrel{\textit{common factoring}}{x(5x-3y)-8y^2} \\\\\\ \stackrel{\textit{or we can group like this}}{5x^2-(3xy+8y^2)}\implies \stackrel{\textit{common factoring}}{5x^2-y(3x+8y)}

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