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Factor -5 out of 10a-25

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Answer:

-5(-2a + 5)

Explanation:

10a - 25

-5(-2a + 5)

User Cottton
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Answer:

-5(-2a+5)

Explanation:

your dividing each number by -5, to get -5 factored.

10 / -5 = -2

-25 / -5 = 5

then you plug it back into the equation with the 5 being factored.

User Sergey Snegirev
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