How do you factor $16m + 4n - 12p$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-19T14:43:49

$16m+4n-12p = 4(4m+n-3p)$

Without any more information about $m$ , $n$ and $p$ all you can do is separate out the common scalar factor $4$ as follows:

$16m+4n-12p$

$=(4*4)m+4n-(4*3)p$

$=4(4m+n-3p)$

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