Factor 3a3 +3a2 - 27a - 27 by grouping.

 

3a3 +3a2 - 27a - 27 =  3a2(a + 1) - 27(a + 1) Factor a common term from the first two terms
and factor a common term from the last two terms
so that the resulting two terms share a common factor.
  Show work. Factor the common factor from each of these two terms.

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