SOLUTION: Please help. Struggling with homework. Factoring thanks 12x^4y^3+16x^3y^3-20x^3y^4

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Question 83977: Please help. Struggling with homework. Factoring thanks
12x^4y^3+16x^3y^3-20x^3y^4
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%2812x%5E4y%5E3%2B16x%5E3y%5E3-20x%5E3y%5E4%29 [divide each term by the greatest common factor (4x^3y^3). cancel wherever possible]
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%284x%5E3y%5E3%29%283x%2B4-5y%29%29[show the GCF on the outside of the final expression}
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%284x%5E3y%5E3%29%283x%2B4-5y%29%29 [simplify and combine like-terms if possible]