SOLUTION: please help find the GCF of the terms of each polynomial. Factor. note:the upward arrow means that is an exponent. GCF=greatest common factor 3m^2 - 6 + 9m

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Question 170859: please help find the GCF of the terms of each polynomial. Factor. note:the upward arrow means that is an exponent. GCF=greatest common factor
3m^2 - 6 + 9m
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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To find the GCF of 3m%5E2+-+6+%2B+9m, simply think of it as the GCF of the terms 3m%5E2, -6 and 9m.


So what do these terms have in common? They don't have "m" in common (since the term -6 doesn't even have an "m" in it).


So we can safely eliminate the possibility of variables in the GCF



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Now let's move onto the coefficients: What do 3, -6, and 9 have in common? Since the largest factor that is divisible by all 3 is 3, this means that the GCF is 3


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So the GCF of 3m%5E2+-+6+%2B+9m is 3.


Note: this means that you can pull out the GCF and factor 3m%5E2+-+6+%2B+9m to get 3%28m%5E2+-+2+%2B+3m%29