The second expression uses the greatest common factor and the distributive property to rewrite the sum 60 + 24. 60, 24 60 = 2² × 3 × 5 24 = 2³ × 3 We take the highest common factors - => 2² × 3 => 4 × 3 => GCF: 12 Therefore, the correct factored expression would be 12(5 + 2), which matches the second expression. Hope this helped!
