Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Factorizing Expressions
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Exercise 28 Page 113

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

1.5(y-4)

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We want to factor out the coefficient of the variable term — 1.5. Let's rewrite each term as a product of 1.5 and some other factor. To do so, note that 6 is 4 times 1.5. 1.5y &= 1.5 * y 6 &= 1.5 * 4 Now we can use the Distributive Property to factor the expression. Let's go!
1.5y-6
1.5 * y - 1.5 * 4
1.5(y-4)