How do you rewrite $6 + 18y + 24$ as a product?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-28T16:15:08

$6(3y + 5)$

$6 + 24 = 30$

$6 + 18y + 24$ can therefore be simplified to $18y + 30$ .

the highest common factor between $18$ and $30$ is $6$ .

$18 div 6 = 3$
$30 div 6 = 5$

$18y div 6 = 3y$
$30 div 6 = 5$

this means that $18y + 30$ can be simplified to $6 * (3y + 5)$ , or $6(3y+5)$ .

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