Decompose the following expression into factors:
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Decompose the following expression into factors:
Factor the given expression:
We will do this by extracting the greatest common factor, both from the numbers and the letters,
We will refer to the numbers and letters separately, remembering that a common factor is a factor (multiple) common to all terms of the expression,
Let's start with the numbers:
We first notice that the numerical coefficients of the terms in the given expression, that is, the numbers 4, 13, 58, do not have a common factor, and this is because the number 13 is a prime number and the other two numbers are not multiples of it,
Therefore, there is no common factor for the numbers hence we select the number 1, as the common factor for the numbers (Reminder: a number raised to the power zero is always given to be equal to one)
For the letters:
There are three terms in the expression:
It is easy to see that there is no common factor for these three terms,
Hence, it is not possible to factor the given expression with the help of a common factor.
Therefore, the correct answer is option d.
It is not possible to factorize the given expression by extracting the common factor.
Break down the expression into basic terms:
\( 4x^2 + 6x \)
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