We can see that 5x is the HCF of 5x^2 and 10x . #160;We can remove them from both the terms. #160;Thus we get, 5x^2 10x = (5x)(x ...

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Factorisation by Common Factors

5x2-10x

Question

$5 x^{2} - 10 x$

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Solution

We can see that $5 x$ is the HCF of $5 x^{2}$ and $10 x$ .
We can remove them from both the terms.
Thus we get,
$5 x^{2} - 10 x$
$= (5 x) (x) - (5 x) \times 2$
$= (5 x) (x - 2)$ .

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