factor out

excluir, descontar

Dejar fuera un elemento o su influencia al calcular o valorar un resultado.

En inglés sencillo: To leave something out when considering or calculating a result.

• Factor out the cost of travel.
• They factored out inflation before comparing the prices.
• Can we factor weather out of our analysis?

Cómo se usa: factor something out of something (We factored seasonal changes out of the sales figures.)

Sinónimos: exclude, leave out, disregard

Antónimos: include

Expresiones frecuentes: factor out something, factor out inflation, factor out costs

sacar factor común

Escribir fuera del paréntesis un factor compartido y dejar dentro los términos restantes.

En inglés sencillo: To write a shared number or mathematical part outside brackets, leaving the other parts inside.

• Factor out the common number.
• She factored out two to write 2x + 4 as 2(x + 2).
• Can you factor x out of both terms?

Cómo se usa: factor something out of something (Factor three out of the expression 3x + 6.)

Sinónimos: extract a common factor

Expresiones frecuentes: factor out something, factor out numbers