document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=474240>Question 474240</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the greatest common factor for the group of terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-18a^4,3a^5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "^ means raising to those powers </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Greatest Common Factor is made up of three words\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Greatest,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    Common and<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let us start with the last word:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is a \"Factor\" \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Factors are the numbers you multiply together to get another number: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A3=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A3=6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >...-> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=factors ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"factors\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-the common factors are those that are found in both numbers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-the \"Greatest Common Factor\" is simply the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=largest ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"largest\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the common factors \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the \"Greatest Common Factor\" is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2Aa%2Aa%2Aa%2Aa=3a%5E4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2Aa%2Aa%2Aa%2Aa=3a%5E4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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