Question

Taylor is factoring the following expression but notices she got the wrong answer when checking her work. Identify what she did wrong and show her the appropriate way to factor.

Answer 1

Answer:

15x =  3 (5x)

Step-by-step explanation:

12 + 3 = 15

15x =  3 (5x)

Taylor forgot to add 3 to her answer and got the result of 3 x 4 which is 12.

The correct way for her to factor is to use Pemdas.

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Answer 2

$\\ \sf{:}\dashrightarrow 12x+3=3(4x)$

$\\ \sf{:}\dashrightarrow 12x+3=12x$

$\\ \sf{:}\dashrightarrow 12x-12x=3$

$\\ \sf{:}\dashrightarrow 0=3$

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