Question

Fernando factored 45y^6 as (9y^3)(5y^3).

Salma factored 45y as (3y)(15y^5).

Which of them factored 45y^6 correctly?

Answer 1

both are correct in their factoring

Explanation:

Answer 2

They both factored it correctly

Explanation:

To find the one that was factored correctly, we expand the two of them and compare with
`45y^6`.

Fernando

`(9y^3)(5y^3)`

=
`9 * 5 * y^3 * y^3`

=
`45y^6`

Salma

`(3y)(15y^5)`

=
`3 * 15 * y * y^5`

=
`45y^6`

As we can see, they both factored it correctly.