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$y^2-6y+9$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-09T08:21:50

Two ways to do it. See bellow

1st method.

Solve the equeation of second degree

$y^2-6y+9=0$ . You will obtain 2 roots of this equation, lets say $a_1$ and $a_2$ ...so the factorization will be $(y-a_1)(y-a_2)$

Second Method. (A little bit more complicated dependeing of given equation. In this case it's easy)

Complete the square

$y^2-6y+9=(y-3)^2=(y-3)(y-3)$

Its obvious that prior values $a_1$ and $a_2$ are both equal to 3