Question

Factor out the coefficient of the variable term.

$0.15c-0.072$

Answer 1

Given expression is $(0.15c-0.072)$,

This expression can be split in two terms,

$$\begin{gathered} 0.15c=0.03\times 5\times c \\ 0.072=0.03\times 2.4 \end{gathered}$$

Taking out common factor $0.03$ out ,

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow 0.15c-0.072=0.03\left(5c\right)-0.03(2.4) \\ =0.03(5c-2.4) \end{gathered}$$

Hence, the final expression is $0.03(5c-2.4)$.