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13) Factor 2pq - 5qr + 10r - 4p

User IiFreeman
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Answer is (2p-5r) (q-2). 
User Francois Wouts
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Upon a little bit of rearranging you have:

2pq-4p-5qr+10r now factoring 1st and 2nd pair of terms...

2p(q+2)-5r(q+2) which is equal to:

(2p-5r)(q+2)
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