Factor the expression
20k + 50
I’m super confused with this, normally I don’t cheat but I had to get some help with this one.
Thanks :)
Oops, I screwed up. It's 10(2k+5) because 20k+50= 10k*2+10*5 as 10 is the greatest common denominator of 20 and 50. @Bosnian is also right.
I answered your question on the other thread if you noticed.
20 k = 10 ∙ 2 k
50 = 10 ∙ 5
20 k + 50 = 10 ∙ 2 k + 10 ∙ 5 = 10 ( 2 k + 5 )
To factor this equation, you need to get k by itself. To do that, you divide the whole expression by 20 and write it in parentheses like this: (k+2.5)
Now put that 20 you divided next to it and you are done: 20(k+2.5)
Factoring is basically the inverse of the distributive property
19=h/3−8
aj please help me I dont get inverse operations
Thank you everyone who answered, (sorry I forgot to say thank you when I first got them)
No worries! I'm here to help you understand how to factor the expression 20k + 50.
To factor an expression, we want to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of all the terms in the expression and then factor it out. In this case, the GCF of 20k and 50 is 10.
So, to factor out the GCF, you divide each term by 10:
20k ÷ 10 = 2k
50 ÷ 10 = 5
Now we can rewrite the expression as:
20k + 50 = 10(2k + 5)
Therefore, the factored form of the expression 20k + 50 is 10(2k + 5).
Remember to always check your factoring by distributing the factor back into the expression to ensure you get the original expression. In this case, if you distribute 10 to the terms inside the parentheses, you'll get 20k + 50 again.