Find the Common Factor in the Expression ab+bc: Algebraic Factoring

Question

Find the common factor:

$ab+bc$

00:00 Take out a common factor

00:05 Mark the common factors

00:09 Extract the common factors from the parentheses

00:19 And this is the solution to the question

$ab+bc=a\times b+b\times c$

If we consider that b is the common factor, it can be removed from the equation:

$b(ab+bc)=$

We divide by b: $b(\frac{ab}{b}+\frac{bc}{b})=$

$b(a+c)$

$b(a+c)$