document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170863>Question 170863</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what to do? please help..find the GCF of the terms of each polynomial. Factor.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "upward arrow means exponent\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t^6 + t^4 - t^5 + t^2 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #126158 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=126158\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Notice how all of the terms have a \"t\" in common. So we need to look at the smallest exponent. Since the smallest exponent is 2, this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the GCF.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: because all of the coefficients are 1, this means that the GCF of the coefficients is 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the GCF is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that we can factor out <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5E6+%2B+t%5E4+-+t%5E5+%2B+t%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5E6+%2B+t%5E4+-+t%5E5+%2B+t%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%5E2%28t%5E4+%2B+t%5E2+-+t%5E3+%2B+1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%5E2%28t%5E4+%2B+t%5E2+-+t%5E3+%2B+1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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