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Question 1

(a) \( 5(x + 3)\) (b) \( 3(x - 4)\) (c) \( 7(x + 3)\)
(d) \( 6(x + 3)\) (e) \( 2(x - 3)\) (f) \( 4(2x + 5)\)
(g) \( 3(2x - 3)\) (h) \( 5(5x - 3)\) (i) \( 5(x + 1)\)
(j) \( 7(2x - 3)\) (k) \( 8a + 3\) (l) \( 3(3x + 1)\)

 

Question 2

(a) \( x(x + 4)\) (b) \( y(y - 1)\) (c) \( y(7y - 3)\)
(d) \( x(x - 5)\) (e) \( x(3x + 2y)\) (f) \( x(8xy + 3)\)
(g) \( a(a^2 - 4)\) (h) \( x(bx - a)\) (i) \( a(ax + 4b)\)
(j) \( x(3x - 5y + 2)\) (k) \( x^2(4x + 7)\) (l) \( x(9x^2y - 5bx + 2b)\)

 

Question 3

(a) \( 3x(x + 2)\) (b) \( 5x(x - 2)\) (c) \( 4x(2x + 1)\)
(d) \( 3y(3y + 2)\) (e) \( 4b(b - 3)\) (f) \( 4x(2x + 5)\)
(g) \( 5x(3x - 1)\) (h) \( 3x(8x - 1)\) (i) \( bx(x - 1)\)
(j) \( 5ax(x + 2)\) (k) \( 4xy(3y - 2)\) (l) \( 7ab(5a + b)\)

 

Question 4

(a) \( 3(a + 4b - 3c)\) (b) \( 5(x + 2y - 3z)\) (c) \( 2(2a - b + 4)\)
(d) \( 3x(2x + y - 7)\) (e) \( 2x(4x - 3y + 5z)\) (f) \( 5xy(4 - 3y + 7xy)\)
(g) \( 4y(xy - 2y + 5x)\) (h) \( xy(7x + 4y - 3)\) (i) \( 6ax(2a - 5x + ax)\)
(j) \( 2ab(4b + 2ab - 1)\) (k) \( 3ab(6ab - 2bc - 7b)\) (l) \( 3xy(y + 2ay + 7axy)\)

 

Question 5

(a) \( (x + 2)(x + 3)\) (b) \( (x + 5)(x + 2)\) (c) \( (x + 1)(x + 3)\)
(d) \( (x + 7)(x + 2)\) (e) \( (x + 4)(x + 3)\) (f) \( (x + 5)(x + 4)\)
(g) \( (x + 2)(x + 9)\) (h) \( (x + 1)(x + 12)\) (i) \( (x + 6)(x + 4)\)
(j) \( (x + 3)(x + 6)\) (k) \( (x + 5)(x + 3)\) (l) \( (x + 8)(x + 4)\)

 

Question 6

(a) \( (x + 1)(x - 5)\) (b) \( (x - 4)(x + 3)\) (c) \( (x - 2)(x + 4)\)
(d) \( (x - 6)(x - 4)\) (e) \( (x + 7)(x + 3)\) (f) \( (x - 3)(x + 5)\)
(g) \( (x + 1)(x + 2)\) (h) \( (x - 3)(x - 5)\) (i) \( (x + 5)(x - 9)\)
(j) \( (x - 1)(x - 4)\) (k) \( (x - 3)(x + 7)\) (l) \( (x - 2)(x - 9)\)

 

Question 7

(a) \( (2x + 3)(x + 1)\) (b) \( (x + 3)(x - 3)\) (c) \( (3x + 1)(x + 7)\)
(d) \( (7x + 1)(x - 1)\) (e) \( (x + 9)(x - 9)\) (f) \( (2x + 1)(2x + 3)\)
(g) \( (a + b)(a - b)\) (h) \( (4x - 3)(2x + 1)\) (i) \( (2x + 4)(2x - 4)\)
(j) \( (3x - 2)(4x - 3)\) (k) \( (5x + 2y)(5x - 2y)\) (l) \( (4xy + 5b)(4xy - 5b)\)

 

Question 8

(a) \( 4(x + 2) \) (b) \( (x + 1)(x + 6)\) (c) \( 3x(2x + 1)\)
(d) \( (x + 4)(x - 4) \) (e) \(   (3x - 4)(x + 1)  \) (f) \(   3y^2(2x^2 - 3x + 1)   \)
(g) \(   5(x + 4)  \) (h) \(   4b(2ab - b)   \) (i) \(   2(3x - 2)   \)
(j) \(   (x - 3)(x + 2)   \) (k) \(   4(2x + 6)   \) (l) \(   (x - 7)(x + 2)  \)

 

Question 9

(a) \(   (x + 7)(x + 4)  \) (b) \( x(x + 5) \) (c) \( 3y(y - 4)\)
(d) \( 2xy(3y + 1 + 4x) \) (e) \(   4(a^2 + 3b)  \) (f) \(   5x(x - 4)  \)
(g) \(   (6x + 2)(2x - 1)  \) (h) \(   x(3x - 1)  \) (i) \(   (x - 5)(x - 7)  \)
(j) \(   3x(2x + 5)   \) (k) \(   (3x + 2)(3x - 2)   \) (l) \(   x(x + 7)  \)