Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Factorizing Expressions
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Exercise 5 Page 110

Rewrite each term as a product of the coefficient of the variable term and some other factor.

3/4(p-2)

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We want to factor out the coefficient of the variable term — 34. Let's rewrite each term as a product of 34 and some other factor. To do so, note that 32 is 2 times 34 because 1.5 is 2 times 0.75. 1{\dfrac{3}{4}p &= {\color{#FD9000}{\dfrac{3}{4}}} \cdot p \\[0.5em] \dfrac{3}{2} &= {\color{#FD9000}{\dfrac{3}{4}}} \cdot 2 } Now we can use the Distributive Property to factor the expression. Let's go!
3/4p-3/2
3/4 * p-3/4 * 2
3/4(p-2)