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What does it mean to factor an expression?

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vladimir1956 [14]3 years ago

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Factoring an expression means to break the expression down into small bits where we can multiply them together to find its original expression.

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The ratio of George age to Carl's age is 1:12.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the age of George be 'g'.

Let the age of Alex be 'a'.

Also Let the age of Carl be 'c'.

Given:

The sum of their ages is 68.

So equation can be framed as;

$g+a+c=68 \ \ \ \ equation 1$

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Alex is 12 years older than George.

So equation can be framed as;

$a =g+12 \ \ \ \ equation \ 2$

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Carl is three times older than Alex.

$c=3a$

But $a =g+12$

So we get;

$c = 3(g+12) \\\\c= 3g+36 \ \ \ \ equation \ 3$

Now Substituting equation 2 and equation 3 in equation 1 we get;

$g+a+c=68\\\\g+g+12+3g+36=68\\\\5g+48=68$

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$5g+48-48=68-48\\\\5g=20$

Now Dividing both side by 5 using Division property of equality we get;

$\frac{5g}{5}=\frac{20}{5}\\\\g =4$

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The solutions are c = -6 and c = 3.

Check to see if these answers work by plugging them into the original equation:

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But, -6 + 2 is a negative number, and you can't get a negative from a square root. So, -6 is extraneous.

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