To factor an expression:
1: find a common factor
2: divide a common factor by a term
3: divide any other terms after putting in parenthesis
4: simplify
Sorry if I just confused you. >///< Ty for reading.
Answer: around 47-49
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
x = 8
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: Write equation
2(x + 5) = 26
Step 2: Solve for <em>x</em>
<u>Distribute 2:</u> 2x + 10 = 26
<u>Subtract 10 on both sides:</u> 2x = 16
<u>Divide both sides by 2:</u> x = 8
Answer:
length = 14 m
width = 7 m
Step-by-step explanation:
l = length
w = width
l = 2w - 8
w(2w - 8) = 42
2w² - 8w - 42 = 0
you can factor out a 2 to work with smaller numbers:
w² - 4w - 21 = 0
(w - 7)(w + 3) = 0
w = 7
'w' cannot equal a negative so we discount it as an answer
find length:
l = 2(7) - 8
l = 14 - 8 or 6m
Find all the prime factors of the three numbers. pick up the common factors, ONCE, then pick up the non-common factors one by one, multiply the factors, the product is the least common factor.
example: the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 15
6=2*3
8=2*2*2
15=3*5
Note: do not write 8 into 4*2, because 4 is not a prime number. you have to break the number down to prime factors only.
Notice that 6 and 8 have a common factor 2, so pick up the 2;
6 and 15 have a common factor of 3, so pick up the 3.
those are the only two shared factors, so 2×3
now pick up whatever is not shared:
the two 2s for 8 and the 5 for 15 is not shared, add 2, 2, and 5 to the multiplication: 2×3×2×2×5=120
120 is the least common multiples of 6,8, and 15
this is basically how it is done. I believe you can explain better in your own words.
