Question

Factor the expression.
12x+10

Answer 1

1) Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF).

1 What is the largest number that divides evenly into 12 and 10?

It is 2.

2 What is the highest degree of that divides evenly into 12and 10?

It is 1, since x is not in every term.

3 Multiplying the results above,

The GCF is 22.

2) Factor out the GCF. (Write the GCF first. Then, in parentheses, divide each term by the GCF.)

`2((12x)/(2)+(10)/(2))`

3) Simplify each term in parentheses.

2(6x+5)

Answer 2

Answer: 2(6x+5)

Work Shown:

12x+10

2*6x+2*5

2(6x+5)

Effectively, we use the distributive property in reverse when it comes to factoring expressions like this.

The distributive property in general is a*(b+c) = a*b+a*c