Question

when factorised, 20m-25m^2 is... (detailed please)

Answer 1

i do not know how to make this as detailed as possible...so i'm just gonna ask you...can you think of a factor common to 20 AND 25?

Answer 2

Start by taking the common factors out. Common factors are 5 and m.

Answer 3

\( \color{Black}{\Rightarrow 5m(.. - ..) }\)

In each '..', you have to fill what you should fill 20m \(\div\) 5m and -25m^2 \(\div\) 5m respectively.

Answer 4

do you get either of these cheeses @muppz ??

Answer 5

Multiply all the common factors to get the greatest common factor.

Answer 6

Factoring is the inverse of distributing.

Answer 7

Whatever answer you get, try to distribute that and see if you get the original expression you had to factor.

Answer 8

Oh thank you so much!! Helped a lot!!