The perimeter of a rectangular garden is (3x + 12) feet. What is the perimeter of the garden in factored form?
And what is the common factor of 3x and of 12 ??
It would be just 3 because 3×1x=3 and 3×4=12.
To find the factored form of the perimeter, we first need to factor the expression (3x + 12) into its simplest form.
The given expression (3x + 12) cannot be simplified further since there are no common factors between the terms. However, we can factor out the common factor of 3 from each term.
Taking out the common factor of 3, we get:
3(x + 4)
This gives us the factored form of the perimeter of the rectangular garden as 3(x + 4) feet.