How do you factor $(2-7x) - 3x(2-7x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-15T10:55:22

$(2-7x)(1-3x)$

$"take out the "color(blue)"common factor "(2-7x)$

$color(blue)(1)(2-7x)color(red)(-3x)(2-7x)$

$=(2-7x)(color(blue)(1)color(red)(-3x))$

$=(2-7x)(1-3x)$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-12T01:45:35

$(2-7x)(1-3x)$

We see that both terms have a $2-7x$ in common. We can factor that out, or essentially divide that by all terms to get

$(2-7x)color(blue)((1-3x))$

The blue represents what's left after we factor.

Hope this helps!

How do you factor (2-7x) - 3x(2-7x)(2-7x) - 3x(2-7x)?