Factorise 3a(x-y) - 2b(x-y)?

Question

Factorise 3a(x-y) - 2b(x-y)?

Answer 1

3a(x-y) = 2b(x-y)

divide both by (x-y)

it will be 3a = 2b

Answer 2

(3a-2b)(x-y)

Answer 3

3a(x - y) - 2b(x - y)

= (3a - 2b)(x - y)

Answer 4

(x - y)(3a - 2b)

Answer 5

I hope this is not your homework

(x-y)(3a-2b)

Answer 6

see how the numbers inside the brackets are the same? to factorise this what you need to do is take the numbers OUTSIDE the brackets and out them in brackets - (3a - 2b) then you already have the other bracket because its doubled up so you put it back in - (3a - 2b) - (x-y).