Concept explainers
To find: the Greatest common factor GCF of monomials
Answer to Problem 10OE
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The monomials:
Calculation:
First consider the numerical coefficients of
The GCF of these numbers is the product of each smallest power of the common prime factors.
So, GCF of 14 and 21
Determine the smallest power of each variable which are the factors of both monomials.
The smallest power of a is
The smallest power of b is
The GCF of
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