Hello!
It looks like you meant,

Break the expression into two groups, that would imply splitting the 17.

Let's start factoring.
First, factor the

from

Then, factor the

from

We would be left with,

Factor out the common term, which is


Our final answer would be,

You can feel free to let me know if you have any questions regarding this!
Thanks!
- TetraFish
The amount of deductions : $83.20.
The gross pay : $378.18.
p = ( 83.20 x 100 ) : 378.18 = 8,320 : 378.18 = 22
Answer: 22 %
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Area would be 324 since it says S equals 3 cm and the formula is Area=6s^2 so I'd be 6 times 3 to the power of 2
104.349540079
7.61 x 104.349540079 = 794.1