SOLUTION: Please help me with this factoring question 20s^2-8s=4s( ) I know that 4s is a factor of both 20s^2-8s and that 4s is the GCF but I don't know how to find the missing factors. And

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Question 1051931: Please help me with this factoring question 20s^2-8s=4s( ) I know that 4s is a factor of both 20s^2-8s and that 4s is the GCF but I don't know how to find the missing factors. And I don't know what to multiply by 4s to get 20s^2-8s=4s.
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Please help me with this factoring question 20s^2-8s=4s( ) I know that 4s is a factor of both 20s^2-8s and that 4s is the GCF but I don't know how to find the missing factors. And I don't know what to multiply by 4s to get 20s^2-8s=4s. 


The GCF, as you stated, is 4s

Now, all you need to do is: Divide  by 4s, and  by 4s

, and . Putting the GCF and quotients together gives:  

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