SOLUTION: 28x^2y^2 - 49x^2y I need help on factoring this. I have no clue even where to start. I don't even know what ^ means. Please help me!

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Question 621774: 28x^2y^2 - 49x^2y
I need help on factoring this. I have no clue even where to start. I don't even know what ^ means. Please help me!
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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A good place to start would be to realize that ^ represents raising to a power hence 28x^2y^2 - 49x^2y is a plain text representation of



Write the prime factorization of each of the terms:



Take out any factors that are common to both terms:




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