Question

Factor out the negative of the greatest common factor. -8x-40y

Answer 1

What is -8 * 5=?

Answer 2

-40

Answer 3

$$-8x-40y = -8x-8*5y$$

Answer 4

Ok?

Answer 5

Can't you do it by 4?

Answer 6

@mathstudent55 Let her do it her self

Answer 7

@marixoxo76 Yes you could do it by 4, but the question asks for the GREATEST common factor, right?

Answer 8

right

Answer 9

Now use the distributive property of multiplication $$ab+ac=a(b+c)$$

Answer 10

is it -8(x-5)?

Answer 11

$$ -8x-40y$$ what happened to y?

Answer 12

oh no it's -8(x+5) got it

Answer 13

thank ya

Answer 14

What happened to the variable y?

Answer 15

i thought about that too it didn't make sense to me because you're supposed to include it but when i did it online they said with the y is wrong kinda strange

Answer 16

If it is in the original expression it must be in the simplified form.