Question

How do you simplify `2x + 10x y + 10x ^ { 2} - 18x y`?

Answer 1

`2x(5x - 4y +1)`

Explanation:

Collecting like terms:

`10x^2 -8xy + 2x`

Now take out a common factor of `2x`

`2x(5x - 4y +1)`