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Internal Documentation: Standard Factoring Strategy for Algebraic Models

Your department uses algebraic expressions to model operational costs and production efficiency. To ensure all team members are consistent in their analysis, you have been tasked with documenting the 'Preliminary Factoring Strategy' for the company's technical manual.

In your response, please list the standard sequence of checks used to identify the best factoring method for any polynomial. Then, apply these steps to state the correct initial factoring method for each of the following expressions:

  1. 6y2726y^2 - 72
  2. r210r24r^2 - 10r - 24
  3. p2+5p+pq+5qp^2 + 5p + pq + 5q

For each expression, explicitly mention the characteristic (such as the presence of a common factor or the number of terms) that justifies the selection of that specific method according to the standard strategy.

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