Write the expression in complete factored form.

3b (p + 2) - 7 (p + 2) =

If you factor (p+2) out of the equation, this leaves (3b-7), so the final answer is (p+2) (3b-7)

You can say (p+2) (3b-7) or (3b-7) (p+2). There are some other ways you can say it to. You can use the commutative property on the addition part as well.

Step-by-step explanation:

You have two terms

3b (p+2) and - 7 (p+2).

Looking at these two terms, they are in factored form. Do you see they share a common factor? They share the common factor (p+2).

So if we wanted to factor 3b (p+2) - 7 (p+2), we would factor out the (p+2) giving us (p+2) (3b-7).