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First all the operations are performed and the expression is simplified to:
63k^2 +36k - 27 =
Then we pull '9' in front of brackets:
= 9(7k^2 + 4k - 3)=
Split the middle term '4k' in two terms: '4k' = 7k - 3k = -3k + 7k' that is:
= 9(7k^2 - 3k + 7k - 3) =
Pull 'k' in front of brackets for '7k^2 - 3k':
= 9(k (7k - 3) + (7k - 3)) =
Pull '(7k - 3)' in front of brackets:
= 9(7k - 3)(k + 1)
Thus, the solution is
63k^2 +36k - 27 = 9(7k - 3)(k + 1)