Question

fact by grouping
pm- sm - 5p + 5s
help please

Answer 1

what is common to pm - sm and 5p + 5s ?

Answer 2

pm and sm both have m and 5p and 5s both have 5 ?

Answer 3

right
so take these out and factor each part
hint - be careful of the signs

Answer 4

what would be the factors of pm - ps ?

Answer 5

* sorry that is pm - sm

Answer 6

I think it is mp - ms - 5p + 5s

That is what I got but I am not sure

Answer 7

that's what we need to factor

Answer 8

(m-5)(p-s)????

Answer 9

m(p - s) - 5(p - s)
= (p - s)(m - 5)

Answer 10

yes Nadia thats correct

Answer 11

the order of the 2 factors does not matter
(p - s)(m - 5) is the same as (m - 5)( p - s)

Answer 12

yay thank you so much