SOLUTION: Factor. check by multiplying. (I get lost w/gcf and lcd....always on the wrong track!) 5x^7y^5+30x^5y^4+35xy

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Question 466486: Factor. check by multiplying. (I get lost w/gcf and lcd....always on the wrong track!)
5x^7y^5+30x^5y^4+35xy

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

step 1
look for factor in co-efficients in all three terms
5 is common
For variable x
look for the smallest index of x
it is x in the third term
look for the factor in y with smallest index
y is the smallest in third
so your factor is 5xy

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