How do you factor $15 + 5y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-23T23:47:48

$15+5y=5(3+y)$

Find the common factor. In this case $5$ is the only thing they share in common.

So, $15+5y=5(3+y)$

You can see that if you multiply $5$ by $3+y$ , you will find what they gave you.

Hope this helps :)

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