Question

A company sells fruit cups in packs of 4. The packs currently weigh 20 oz. The company plans

to reduce the weight of each cup by n oz. The expression 20-4n represents the new weight, in
ounces, of a pack of fruit cups. Rewrite the expression for the new weight as a product of two
factors. Show your work, this can be typed into the text box.

Answer 1

The weight as a product of two factors is 4(5 - n)

Explanation:

Factoring

The expression 20 - 4n represents the new weight in ounces of a pack of fruit cups.

We can factor the binomial by finding the Greatest Common Factor of 20 and 4n.

Factoring out 4:

20 - 4n = 4(5 - n)

The weight as a product of two factors is 4(5 - n)