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How you get the (x-y) (x+y+1)
Answer provided by our tutors
(x-y) is the common factor [it can be expressed as "x-y" or "-y+x"]. Since x-y has been factored out, that leaves a "+1" in the parentheses since that identifies the factored out (-y+x).
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