Question

How do you factor 1/4(-16x+8)?​

Answer 1

-4x - 2

We factor out 4 from expression
1/4 • 4 (-4x -2)

1/4 and 4 cancel out, leaving us with:
1(-4x -2)
-4x - 2

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

We know that we can take 4 out of (-16x + 8) [ we know this because we can divide 16 by 4 ( to get 4 ) and we can divide 8 by 4 ( to get 2 ) ]

we can factor out a 4 then from the parentheses to get 4(-4x + 2), but since we are multiplying by 1/4 we get

1/4(4)(-4x + 2), and since 1/4 * 4 = 1, our final answer is

-4x + 2