SOLUTION: What is the GCF for the polynomial -10x3y4 - 16x5y2?

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Question 71044: What is the GCF for the polynomial -10x3y4 - 16x5y2?
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Answer by venugopalramana(3286) About Me  (Show Source):
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FOR GCF YOU NEED 2 OR MORE POLYNOMIALS

Answer by ikleyn(54062) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the GCF for the polynomial -10x3y4 - 16x5y2?
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The question in the post is posed incorrectly and in this form can not be answered.

To be correct, the question should be changed/edited/modified.

A correct question is "What is the GCF for the terms of polynomial -10x3y4 - 16x5y2?"

Then the answer is GCF = -2x^3y^2.

Firstly, you place into GCF the greatest common factor of integer coefficients -10 and -16, which is -2;
then you place into GCF the greatest common degree of x for both terms, which is x^3;
then you place into GCF the greatest common degree of y for both terms, which is y^2.

That is all you need to do.