Task: Factorize $ax^2-a-x^2+x$.
And my answer is:
$$ a(x^2-1)-x(x-1)=a(x-1)(x+1)-x(x-1)$$
Am I right? If not, explain why and give the correct solution.
Task: Factorize $ax^2-a-x^2+x$.
And my answer is:
$$ a(x^2-1)-x(x-1)=a(x-1)(x+1)-x(x-1)$$
Am I right? If not, explain why and give the correct solution.
Unfortunatly, not correct. I could be downvoted
$$ax^2-a-x^2+x=$$ $$a(x^2-1)-(x^2-x)=$$ $$a(x+1)\color{red}{(x-1)}-x\color{red}{(x-1)}=$$
$$\color{red}{(x-1)}\Bigl(a(x+1)-x\Bigr)$$