Question

Factor 5x^2 + 35X
Please explain how to check by multiplication, thanks!

Answer 1

check by multilplication? umm ... multiply them back after you factor?

Answer 2

5x (x^2+7) is the factors right?

Answer 3

x^2 + 7
5x
---------
5x^3 +35x

Answer 4

I got 5x(x+7) ?????

Answer 5

I do not understand how you check it by multiplication ?

Answer 6

if i asked you to multiply 27 by 3, what would you do?

Answer 7

its the same process. multiplication doesnt cahnge simply becasue we rewrite how a number looks

Answer 8

20+7 times 3

Answer 9

if you got: 5x(x+7), lets multiply them back together to check it out

x +7
5x
---------
5x^2 +35x

Answer 10

Okay thanks, I understand now. I will need to practice this a lil more, I guess I over thought it

Answer 11

lol ... it was the form that threw you most likely. Multiplication itself is just multiplication :)

Answer 12

Lol yea :)