Hello. This is about Factors. I am having trouble with one of my homework questi

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Hello. This is about Factors. I am having trouble with one of my homework questions, and I unfortunately submitted the wrong answer.

Here is the problem: List the factors in each expression: (a + b)12

My answer was:
1 x 12
2 x 6
3 x 4
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12

The teacher told me this:
"the factors for this problem would be the values that are being multiplied together. For example, 9x(1+b) would have the factors 9, x, and (1+b). Can you see how this would change your answer?"

Can you help me, please? Thank you so much.

Explanation / Answer

The problem is "list the facts in the expression (a+b)12"

* Factors are numbers you multiply to get another number. Your given number here is "(a+b)12", therefore your factors should be (a+b) and 12, because when you take (a+b) multiply by 12, you get the required number.

* What you did above was finding factors for number 12.

For example, in your answer: 2 * 6 = 12 => 2 and 6 are factors of 12.

However, 2 and 6 are not factors of "(a+b)12"

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