Question

How do you factor `15 + 5y`?

Answer 1

`15+5y=5(3+y)`

Explanation:

Find the common factor. In this case `5` is the only thing they share in common.

So, `15+5y=5(3+y)`

You can see that if you multiply `5` by `3+y`, you will find what they gave you.

Hope this helps :)