Question

what is the answer 4d+12e=use the greatest common factor and the distributive property to write equivalent expressions in factored form for the expession

Answer 1

The given expression is

$4d+12e$

The greatest common factor is 4 because both terms can be divide by 4 at the same time.

$\frac{4d}{4}+\frac{12e}{4}=d+3e$

Then, we factor out the greatest common factor to express it in factor form

$4(d+3e)$