{"id":271718,"date":"2025-07-26T06:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=271718"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:25:05","slug":"factor-2r-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/factor-2r-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Factor 2r + 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Factor 2r + 18 .<br>Write your answer as a product<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To factor the expression 2r+182r + 18, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Identify the greatest common factor (GCF):<\/strong><br>The terms in the expression are 2r2r and 1818. Both terms share a factor of 2. The greatest common factor is 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Factor out the GCF:<\/strong><br>To factor the expression, divide both terms by the GCF, which is 2: 2r+18=2(r+9)2r + 18 = 2(r + 9)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the factored form of the expression is 2(r+9)2(r + 9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: In any expression, factoring means finding the largest factor common to all terms. In 2r+182r + 18, both terms, 2r2r and 1818, share a factor of 2. The greatest common factor, or GCF, of 2 and 18 is 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: After identifying the GCF, we divide each term of the expression by the GCF. Dividing 2r2r by 2 gives rr, and dividing 1818 by 2 gives 9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: After factoring out 2, you are left with the expression inside the parentheses, (r+9)(r + 9). This represents the two terms that were left after dividing each term of the original expression by the GCF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the expression is now factored as 2(r+9)2(r + 9), which is the product of 2 and the binomial (r+9)(r + 9). This is the simplest form of the factored expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Factor 2r + 18 .Write your answer as a product The correct answer and explanation is: To factor the expression 2r+182r + 18, follow these steps: So, the factored form of the expression is 2(r+9)2(r + 9). 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