SOLUTION: What is the Factor of 5x+40?

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Question 254997: What is the Factor of 5x+40?
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I believe you mean, "What are the factors of 5x+40 ?"
The 5 should be hint that we want to factor out 5.
You can't factor 5 itself because 5 has no factors.
Let's factor out 5.
5*(x+8)

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