Question

Can someone show me how to factor this equation with all the steps? ab - 2b + ac - 2c

Answer 1

you could factor out b from (ab-2b) and c from (ac-2c)

Answer 2

b(a-2) + c(a-2)

Answer 3

@adr now keep going. factor (a-2) from each term

Answer 4

i don't know how to simplify more than this...

Answer 5

think of (a-2) as simply x , so can you factor
bx+cx ?
yes,
you get (b+c)x
replace the x with (a-2)
(b+c)(a-2)

Answer 6

thanks