Question

factor

x^2 - 3x

Answer 1

how would you do that ?

Answer 2

take out at term that both sets have in common

Answer 3

a term*

Answer 4

so x

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

exactly! so try factoring it out ^.^

Answer 7

x^2-3?

Answer 8

you have to take the x out of both parts

Answer 9

this really looks like (x*x-3x)

Answer 10

so what will it look like ?

Answer 11

so in what you just put, you factored the x out of the second part, but not the first.

factoring it out doesn't mean that it disappears, it just means that you take it out of the equation.. think of it as the opposite of distribution..

so if you're distributing x(5x+3) you get \[5x^2+3x\]
when you factor that x out, you go right back to x(5x+3)

Answer 12

so for my problem i would x * x-3x?

Answer 13

yes :)

Answer 14

Thanks!

Answer 15

almost! you're close
in both of the answers you put you have half of the answer correct.. try distributing what you just wrote out again (and be sure to put parenthesis to indicate that you're multiplying the entire equation, and not just the first x

Answer 16

what you just put is x(x-3x), if you distribute it, its actually \[x*2-3x^2\]

Answer 17

sorry i misread your answer @itzmashy is correct

Answer 18

oops, sorry formatting messed upt, it's actually:
\[x^2-3x^2\]

Answer 19

try factoring out the x, one more time