need help with factorising and expanding double and single brackets

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[chilly needle]

@feral fog

wth

[feral fog]

?

[chilly needle]

why are there so many flying people eaters

[feral fog]

it’s a cult that i started

[chilly needle]

😭

[feral fog]

it kinda died off

[chilly needle]

funny

[feral fog]

anyways

factor 2x-8x

??

[chilly needle]

factorise

yeah

[feral fog]

huh

isn’t that just -6x

i’m confused

maybe 2x^2-8x?

[chilly needle]

i do not know how to get there 🙏 please explain

is it literally just taking away

or what

[feral fog]

what is 2x-8x

it’s pure algebra

that’s why i think it’s wrong

check your sources again

[chilly needle]

wym sources

[feral fog]

like, where you got the problems from

[chilly needle]

yeah its from a paper

the question reads

[feral fog]

okay, could you send it?

[chilly needle]

" (b)
factorise 2x - 8x "

thats literally it

[feral fog]

...

wtf.

[chilly needle]

what

[feral fog]

oh well, let’s just skip that question

[chilly needle]

if you got another question to explain factorising that would be cool

cos i still suck at it

[feral fog]

yeah, let’s just try the variation, 2x^2-8x

do you know how to factor that?

[chilly needle]

whats the ^

[feral fog]

an exponent

$2x^2-8x$

[main lichen]

flying green people eater

[chilly needle]

why not just use a number

yeah

[feral fog]

?

[chilly needle]

dw dw

[feral fog]

^ is the notation for exponent...

[chilly needle]

ok

[feral fog]

anyways, do you know how to factor it?

[chilly needle]

no

[feral fog]

okay.

[chilly needle]

not used to the format it looks weird

explain pls

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1297574549214199829/1297655444080164964/togif.gif

[feral fog]

what common factor do you notice with 2x^2 and 8x?

[chilly needle]

2

[feral fog]

...i’m gonna ignore that.

[feral fog]

what variable common factor

[chilly needle]

mb was tryna lighten the mood to excuse my lack of knowledge

alright lets just skip to expanding

[feral fog]

you said you wanted to learn factoring, no?

[chilly needle]

yeah i dont think ima understand it properly online ill just ask my teacher tmr

[feral fog]

oh, okay

okay, do you know the distributive law?

[chilly needle]

no

im like

ass at maths bro icl

[feral fog]

it’s something you would learn in primary school

$a(b+c)=ab+ac$

[main lichen]

flying green people eater

[chilly needle]

😬

[feral fog]

?

[chilly needle]

i dont think this is gonna work