How do you factor $14 - 7 x$ $14- 7x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-17T23:10:46

$7 (2 - x)$ $7(2 - x)$

1) Find the GCF of 14 and -7x.
Which is 7.

2) Factor out the 7 and inside the parenthesis you want to have the factors that when multiplied with 7 will give you 14 and -7x.

$14 \div 7 = 2$ $14 div 7 = 2$
and
$- 7 x \div 7 = - x$ $-7x div 7 = -x$

So we have our final answer as $7 (2 - x)$ $7(2 - x)$

Check
$7 (2 - x) = 7 (2) + 7 (- x)$ $7(2 - x) = 7(2) + 7(-x)$
$14 - 7 x$ $14 - 7x$

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