Question

Factor 8x^2-24 by taking out the gcf

Answer 1

Answer: 8(x^2-3)

Since 24 = 8*3, we can factor out the GCF 8 like so

8x^2 - 24 = 8*x^2 - 8*3 = 8(x^2-3)

This is using the distributive property.