How is factoring a common factor out of a trinomial like factoring common factors out of the numerator and the denominator of a fraction? how is it different?

Factor. 8x2y2 – 4x2y – 12xy 4(8x2y2 – x – 12xy) 4(2xy – 4x2y – 12xy) 4x2y2(2xy – xy –3) 4xy(2xy – x – 3)

The water company charges a residential customer $41 for the first 3,000 gallons of water used and $1 for every 200 gallons used over 3000 gallons. if the water bill was $58 how many gallons of water were usedanswersa 3400 gallonsb 6000 gallonsc 6400 gallons d 7000 gallons

Circle a has center of (2,3) and a radius of 5 and circle b has a center of (1,4) and a radius of 10. what steps will show that circle a is similar to circle b 1) dilate circle a by a scale factor of 2 2) translate circle a using the rule (x+1,y-1) 3) rotate circle a 180 degrees about the center 4) reflect circle a over the y-axis