SOLUTION: Good evening, I am back in algebra and I am lost:(. How do you factor: -5w - 5u + wy +yu? Any help would be appreciated

Question 176940: Good evening, I am back in algebra and I am lost:(. How do you factor:
-5w - 5u + wy +yu? Any help would be appreciated
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression

Group like terms

Factor out the GCF out of the first group. Factor out the GCF out of the second group

Since we have the common term , we can combine like terms

Rearrange the terms.

So factors to

In other words,

Note: you can check the answer by FOILing to get
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