Question

Mrs. Johnson asked students to factor the expression 42x - 14. Four students offeredanswers. Which students' answers are equivalent to the original expression?

Answer 1

The given expression can be factorized as,

$\begin{gathered} 42x-14=14(3x-1) \\ 42x-14=2(21x-7) \\ \end{gathered}$

Thus, both Chip and Jake gives the right solution.

Thus, option (d) is the correct solution.