How do you use the distributive property to factor $6ab+12ab^2+18b$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-08T04:12:18

$6b(a+2ab+3)$

Multiplication is distributive over addition. So, here we can extact the common factors from the expression as follows:

Expression $=6ab+12ab^2+18b$

$6$ is a common factor $->$ Expression $=6(ab+2ab^2+3b)$

$b$ is a common factor $->$ Expression $=6b(a+2ab+3)$

How do you use the distributive property to factor 6ab+12ab^2+18b6ab+12ab^2+18b?