SOLUTION: Factories 5(x+y)-25(x+y)

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Question 983925: Factories 5(x+y)-25(x+y)
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Factor these two: (5-25) (x+y). When something is being multiplied by two different numbers, perform the operations on those numbers. Here, (x+y) is something being multiplied by 5 and 25, so we subtract 25 from 5 and get
-20(x+y)