Question

Factor the common factor of -15+3p

Answer 1

The common factor here is 3, so we can place this outside the parenthesis along with the multiples that get -15 and 3p.

3(-5 + p)

This is our answer because when we distribute we get:

-15 + 3p

Answer 2

$-15+3p=3p-15=3(p-5)$