Question

List all the factors of the following Algebraic Expression: 3a - b + 7

Answer 1

The factors of an expression are the terms that are multiplying someone.

For example, in the expression:

`5\cdot a+3\cdot b`

The factors are 5 and 3 (5 is the factor of 'a' and 3 is the factor of 'b').

So in our expression, we have the number 3 multiplying the variable 'a' and the number -1 multiplying the variable 'b'. The number 7 is alone, so it has no factors.

Therefore the answer is:

3 and a, -1 and b.