Question

3. GEOMETRY The rectangle shown below has an area of (28x + 49) inches. Factor the expression 28x + 49.

Answer 1

This expression can be factored by finding the common factor of the terms of the expression.

$\begin{gathered} 28x+49 \\ 7\cdot4x+7\cdot7 \\ 7(4x+7) \end{gathered}$

The factored expression is 7*(4x+7)