Which best explains or justifies step 2

The polynomial in its standard form is:

The student's first step is:

The student's second step is:

The student's second step is to factor the remaining binomial on the right side of the equation.

In this case, the student made a common factor of the letter a.

The sentence that best explains or justifies Step 2 is:

factoring the binomial

afjnawenkfnjaw; enkanwelwaklalejjaw; fij

step-by-step explanation:

15

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the following expression and we are to solve it and find the product:

-13 × (-5)

solving the given expression in the standard order of solving a mathematical expression, beginning with the opening of brackets and then multiplying the terms and changing their signs.

-3 × -5 = 15 (answer is positive because when negative is multiplied with negative, it gives a positive answer)