ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos

ACT Math 2.3 Elementary Algebra 310 Views


Share It!


Description:

ACT Math: Elementary Algebra Drill 2.3. Factor 3x + 3xy.

Language:
English Language

Transcript

00:03

Here's your shmoop du jour: for you and your ...brain

00:06

Factor: 3x squared plus 3xy.

00:08

And here are the potential answers...

00:13

OK so what is this question asking?

00:16

Factor, baby.

00:17

What's common in both terms?

00:19

Well, the 3 here is a screamer

00:22

and there's an x in both as well.

00:24

So factor out a 3x and we get 3x times the quantity x plus y.

00:30

And we are good. Thats it. Answer: B.