SOLUTION: hey I need to find Greatest Common Factor(GCF) 6a^2b^2 + 18ab^3

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I need to find Greatest Common Factor(GCF)
6a^2b^2 + 18ab^3
This question is from textbook Algebra 2

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List the prime factors of each term:







The two terms have:
a 2 in common
a 3 in common
an a in common
2 b's in common
GCF is the product of the common prime factors:
= ?

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