Ranger says the expression is not in its simplest form. He thinks the two terms need to be combined. Is Ranger right that 8x − 20 can be simplified further?
Mathematics · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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Given the equation:
8x - 20
Simplify the equation.
Solution:
In order to simplify the equation much further, we simply needed to factor out the greatest common factor of the two values, which is 4.
= 8x - 20
= 4( 2x - 5)
Final answer:
= 2x - 5