Answer of factorization of expression 8a(2x + 4y) - (2x + 4y) is
Answer: A
Both terms share the bracket \( (2x + 4y) \), the second with an unwritten coefficient of 1.
\[ 8a(2x+4y) - 1 \cdot (2x+4y) = (8a - 1)(2x + 4y) \]
That invisible 1 becomes the \( -1 \) in the first bracket; dropping it would lose a whole term.
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