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Peer-Tutoring Documentation: Polynomial Factoring Guide

You are working as a peer-tutor in your college's math learning center. A student asks you to explain how to completely factor the polynomial expression 8y3+16y224y{}8y^3 + 16y^2 - 24y. To help them learn, you decide to write a step-by-step procedural guide from memory.

In your response, explain the entire process clearly, including:

  1. Identifying and factoring out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF).
  2. Factoring the remaining trinomial into two binomial factors, showing how you find the two numbers that multiply to -3 and add to 2.
  3. The final completely factored form of the expression.

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