This expression can be factored.
ab + 3a + b2 + 3b = a(b + 3) + b(b + 3) = (a + b)(b + 3)
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The problem here is nobody knows if "ay squared" is (ay)2 or ay2 etc. To solve a mathematical problem it must be set out mathematically or nobody knows your intention. Here is a sort of mathematical statement which is unclear, and although it ends in a question mark, nobody knows what the question is, even if you do. Try again and people will do their best to answer it. I read the question as: x2y2 + ay2 + ab + bx2 ? But what is required to be done with it?
= (a + b)2 or (a + b)(a + b) (a + b)(a + b) using the FOIL method yields: [multiplying {First Outer Inner Last} and summing the products] = a.a + a.b + b.a + b.b = a2 + ab + ab + b2 = a2 + 2ab + b2