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| Question 71042:  What is the GCF?
 -24a2b3c4 - 36a4b3c2
 Answer by venugopalramana(3286)
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 What is the GCF?
 16a4b2 + 20a2b2 - 4ab2
 4ab
 4b2
 4ab2
 none of the above
 FOR GCF YOU NEED 2 OR MORE POLYNOMIALS
 IF YOU MEAN COMMON FACTOR FOR 3 TERMS IN THE POLYNOMIAL
 OR IF THEY ARE 3 DIFFERENT POLYNOMIALS THEN THE ANSWER IS
 16A^4B^2=
 20A^2B^2=
 -4AB^2 =
 TAKE GCF OF COEFFICIENTS IN THE 3 TERMS ...16,20,4...IT IS 4
 TAKE LOWEST POWER OF A OUT OF THE 3 TERMS....A
 TAKE THE LOWEST POWER OF B IN THE 3 TERMS ....B^2
 MULTIPLY ALL TO GET THE GCF OF THE 3 TERMS
 4AB^2 IS THE ANSWER
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