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Factoring Resource Allocation Models

A logistics coordinator at a regional distribution center is using the mathematical model x2+14xy+40y2x^2 + 14xy + 40y^2 to calculate the optimal balance between two different shipping methods, where xx represents truck transport and yy represents rail transport. To simplify the model for a presentation, the coordinator needs to factor the expression into the form (x+my)(x+ny)(x + my)(x + ny). Based on the standard rules for factoring this specific trinomial structure, identify the two arithmetic conditions that the coefficients mm and nn must satisfy and describe the required placement of the variable yy in the final factored expression.

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