Question

Please help me with this question my son keeps getting this wrong, please help I have attached the image of the problem from his math paper.

Answer 1

The terms in the given expression are

`8x^3y^2,4x^2y^3,40xy^3`

The common factor in all the three time is

`4xy^2`

Take the common factor outside the brackets and write the remaining inside the brackets.

`4xy^2(2x^2-xy+10y)`