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Rewrite 8x - 7 as the product of two factors

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factors are any group of number or expressions which, when multiplied, produce another number or expression.

Basic example: 4 can be broken into 2 factors---2 and 2. 2 times 2 = 4

Example using an unknown:

2X + 6 = 2 * (X + 3)

In the given problem, there is no whole-number common factor. A normal convention would be to factor based on the unknown term----thus 8X is factored into 8 and X.

So: 8X + 7 = 8 ( X + 7/8 )

The following would also be correct:

8X + 7 = 4 ( 2X + 7/4 )

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