Question

Use the distributive property to factor the expression. 5a^2b^2 - 30ab

Answer 1

Step 1: extract common factor 5ab

$5a^2b^2-30ab=5ab(ab-6)$

The result is already factored into its prime polynomials so the answer is:

5ab(ab-6).

You can verifiy that when you expand the product using the distributive property you ge the original polynomial 5a^2b^2 - 30ab.