SOLUTION: How do you factor things like 2xy^2 or 5xy^2

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Question 757473: How do you factor things like 2xy^2 or 5xy^2
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you factor things like 2xy^2 or 5xy^2
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They're only 1 term, not much to factor.
2xy^2 = 2*x*y*y
No reason to do that.