SOLUTION: Write each expression in simplest form:
I believe I follow the same factoring for fractions which shows:
4*1*x and 4*2*4
5*1*x and 5*7
This would leave me:
4 and 4*2*4
5
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I believe I follow the same factoring for fractions which shows:
4*1*x and 4*2*4
5*1*x and 5*7
This would leave me:
4 and 4*2*4
5
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Question 65374This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Write each expression in simplest form:
I believe I follow the same factoring for fractions which shows:
4*1*x and 4*2*4
5*1*x and 5*7
This would leave me:
4 and 4*2*4
5 and 5*7
giving me the answer of:
4(4*2*4)
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5(5*7)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Note : 4*2*4 is not equal to 28.
The factors are the terms which multiply together to give the required expression.
To get the factors of 4x - 28 look for a common factor in each term. You should notice that 4 will go into both 4x and 28. You can therefore write down 4 as one of the factors. You now check what 4 will need to be multiplied by to give 4x + 28. To get the 4x you need to multiply by x and to get -28 you need to multiply by -7. The two factors are therefore 4 and (x-7)
In a similar way you should be able to see that 5 is a common factor in both 5x and 35. Now consider what does 5 need to be multiplied by to get 5x - 35. Hopefully you can work out that the two factors are 5 and (x-7).
So the original problem can be rewritten as
The common factor of (x-7) can now be cancelled out
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