How do you factor $5x-4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-21T11:26:35

There are no simple factors of $5x-4$

You could "factor" $5x-4$ by dividing the expression by any constant.
For example:
[1] dividing by $(-1)$ would give $(-1)(4-5x)$

[2] dividing by $5$ would give $(5)(x-4/5)$

[3] dividing by $4$ would give $(4)(5/4x-1)$

[2] dividing by $27$ would give $(27)(5/27x-4/27)$

Technically these are all valid "factorings" but they are no real improvement over the given version.

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