Factor.

5x2y – 20x2y2 – 10xy

A.
5x2y2(x – 4xy –2)

B.
5xy(x – 4xy – 2)

C.
5(xy – 4x2y – 2xy)

D.
3(4xy – x2y – 15xy)

Question

Factor.


        5x2y – 20x2y2 – 10xy
 
 
 A.
5x2y2(x – 4xy –2)
 
 B.
5xy(x – 4xy – 2)
 
 C.
5(xy – 4x2y – 2xy)
 
 D.
3(4xy – x2y – 15xy)

hero · Answer

I've seen you do these before so... which do you believe is correct?

anonymous · Answer

I think its A @Hero

hero · Answer

How do you figure?

anonymous · Answer

Im not really good at this but I tried them all out and non of them made sense to me except A

hero · Answer

There are two ways to get the correct answer.

hero · Answer

You can either multiply out each answer choice (the long way)

hero · Answer

or you can just factor out the highest common factor for each term

hero · Answer

Each term in the given expression will be divisible by the highest common factor.

anonymous · Answer

Ohhhhhh ok Its b right

anonymous · Answer

@Hero

hero · Answer

Yes, I'm glad you were able to figure it out.