Answer:
-4 and a and b/(a+b)
Step-by-step explanation:
When there is a number outside of a parentheses, you want to distribute it inside of the parentheses. So in this case, -4 is on the outside, so it usually gets distributed it in, which makes it a factor.
Since a and b are getting multiplied by the -4, they are also factors in the equation.
In a problem like this, if you want to solve it, the number outside the parentheses gets distributed into the numbers in the parentheses. (It gets multiplied by the numbers).
-4 times a and -4 times b
-4 times a is -4a
-4 times b is -4b
The answer to this problem, if you need it is -4a-4b. :)
