Question

How do I factor this (example 3)
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Answer 1

You are trying to find the common factors/like terms that can be divided from the expression.

12x - 15y + 6

Every term in this expression can be divided by 3.

= 3 · 4x - 3 · 5y + 3 · 2

Since all of these terms can be divided by 3, 3 in this case, is our common factor/like term.

So our answer will just be:

= 3(4x - 5y + 2).