Question

How do you factor `12x^2 + 4x`?

Answer 1

`4x(3x + 1)`

Explanation:

Simply look for what the two terms have in common. In this case, both `12x^2` and 4x have a 4x in common. (4 is the GCF of 12 and 4.) So you would factor the 4x out of the polynomial.