Question

factor 3/8 out of 3/8z+12

Answer 1

When you are factoring out a number, you are just dividing each term by that number.

So (3/8) divided by (3/8) = (3 / 8) * (8 / 3) = 1

12 divided by 3 / 8 = 12 * (8 / 3) = 96 / 3 = 32

Your answer is $\frac{3}{8}(z + 32)$