Factorise 5a – 3a^2

Answer: a(5-3a)Explanation: We take the highest common factor of both of the terms, which is a and we put it outside of the bracket. Then, in the bracket we put two terms that when multiplied by a, the product will be the initial term we had in the expression.

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