How do you factor the expression $5x-8x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-15T19:36:00

$-3x$

Subtract them as though they ( $5$ and $8$ ) were regular numbers and add $x$ at the end: $-3x$

Or factor out the GCF of $x$ : $x(5-8)=x(-3)=-3x$

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