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A manufacturing technician is simplifying a stress-tolerance formula represented by the polynomial 4x2−12xy+9y2−25{}4x^2 - 12xy + 9y^2 - 25. True or False: The first step in factoring this expression is to group the first three terms to form the perfect square trinomial (2x−3y)2(2x - 3y)^2.

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