Question

Factor completely. 20+72m Enter your answer in the boxes.

The boxes are one empty, and another with parentheses. Please hurry!

Answer 1

20 + 72m =
4(5 + 18m) <==

Answer 2

`4(5+18m)`

Explanation:

we have

`(20+72m)`

we know that

`20=2^(2) *5`

`72=2^(3) *3^(2)`

substitute

`(20+72m)=(2^(2) *5+2^(3) *3^(2)m)`

Factor
`2^(2)`

`(20+72m)=2^(2)(5+2*3^(2)m)`

`(20+72m)=4(5+18m)`