So when you opened up the parenthesis on the right side of the question, you added -2 to 5 instead of multiplying. Since there is no addition sign in between -2 and the parenthesis, it should be multiplication, so -2x + -10.
So now the answer would be 10 = -10.
Which leads me to believe that this question wasn't written correctly because 10 does not equal -10 for sure.
I believe what you are wanting is f(x)= x+5.
Answer:
4(3x-10)
Step-by-step explanation:
12x-40 = (4*3)x-(4*10) = 4(3x-10). The GCF is 4.
You will need to add 3 to each side.
x^2-3=15
+3 +3
x^2=12
and go from there
