SOLUTION: how do you find the gcf of polynaimals

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Question 61804: how do you find the gcf of polynaimals
Answer by funmath(2933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the factors that for each term, the numbers and variables that all of the terms have is the GCF of the polynomial.
Here's an example:
21a%5E3%2Ab%5E2%2Ac%5E4%2B28a%5E2%2Ab%5E3%2Ac%5E6%2B35ab%5E4%2Ac%5E5

The GCF is 7ab%5E2%2Ac%5E4
highlight%28%287ab%5E2%2Ac%5E4%29%283a%5E2%2B4abc%5E2%2B5b%5E2%2Ac%29%29
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Happy Calculating!!!