How do you factor #av-aw-bv+bw#?

Question

1986 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2015-04-17T05:30:33

We use the Grouping Technique to factorise this expression.

#av-aw-bv+bw#

# = (av-aw)-(bv-bw)#

# = a(v-w)-b(v-w)#

#v-w# is a common factor to both the terms

#color(green)( = (v - w)(a - b)#

The above is the factorised version of #av-aw-bv+bw#