we are given
[tex] \frac{1}{3} x-\frac{5}{3} [/tex]
we can rewrite it as
[tex] \frac{1}{3} *x-\frac{1}{3}*5 [/tex]
we can see that
1/3 is multiple in both terms
so, we can factor it out
and we get
[tex] \frac{1}{3} (x-5) [/tex]...............Answer