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What is a factored form of the following expression?

5x squared - 20x

A. 5(x squared - 4)
B. 5(x - 2) squared
C. 5x (x-4)
D. (5x-4)(x+5)

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C: 5x (x-4)
If you were to distribute the 5x to everything in parentheses, you would get 5x squared (5x × 5) and -20x (5x × -4)
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