Factor out the GCF from the polynomial.
96x - 12
12x(8 - 1)
12(x - 8)
12(8x - 1)
12x(8x - 1)
2007-07-21 08:53:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
12(8x-1)
2007-07-21 09:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Joe stevens 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer is C: 12(8x-1)
try multiplying the others out and it doesn't work:
12x(8-1) would give you 96x-12x
12(x-8) would give you 12x-96
12x(8x-1) would give you 96x^2 -12x
2007-07-21 08:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by CellBioGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Factor the expression so that you can take out the greatest common prime factors from each term which would be 2 from each term.
96 factored into its prime factors is: 2 2 2 3 4
12 factored into its prime factors is: 2 2 3
So the GCF is 2 2 3 or 12
[ (2)(2)(2)(3)(4)(x) - (2)(2)(3) ]= 12(8x-1)
Please note that you have an extra x in your last line in your Question
2007-07-21 09:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12(8x-1)
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96x-12
(12*8)-(12*1)
take out the 12
12(8-1)
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2007-07-21 08:59:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12(8x-1)
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2007-07-21 08:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12(8x-1)
2007-07-21 08:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12(8x-1)
2007-07-21 08:56:21 · answer #7 · answered by irishgal2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
96x - 12
Common factor is 12
12(8x - 1)
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2007-07-21 09:17:00 · answer #8 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-21 08:56:05 · answer #9 · answered by Kenneth H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋