Factorise:20ab−4ac 20ab-4ac 20ab−4ac
We first break down the coefficient of 20 into a multiplication exercise. That will help us to simplify the calculation :5×4×a×b−4×a×c 5\times4\times a\times b-4\times a\times c 5×4×a×b−4×a×c
We then extract 4a as a common factor:4a(5×b−c)=4a(5b−c) 4a(5\times b-c)=4a(5b-c) 4a(5×b−c)=4a(5b−c)
4a(5b−c) 4a(5b-c) 4a(5b−c)