Question

James has factorised an expression correctly.

His answer is 2(7y - 3).
What was the expression that he factorised?

Answer 1

Expand brackets by multiplying each term int he bracket by 2

Answer 2

14y - 6

Explanation:

given factored expression

2(7y - 3) ← multiply each term in the parenthesis by 2 to give original

= 14y - 6 ← expression before being factorised