How do you get the GCF of terms in polynomial?

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Mathematics

Damarion Caldwell

1 August, 02:07

How do you get the GCF of terms in polynomial?

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Rene Wolfe · Answer 1

FindingThe greatest common factor

Example

3x^2 + 6x

The GCF here is

3x

We took the greatest common variable which is x

And the greatest coefficient of them (their factors) Which is 3

Ariana Thornton · Answer 2

The simplified form of the expression you find in Step 3 is 2x2 (3x2 - 6x + 2). To see if you factored correctly, distribute the GCF and see if you obtain your original polynomial. If you multiply the 2x2 inside the parentheses, you get 6x 4 - 12x 3 + 4x 2. You can now say with confidence that 2x2 is the GCF.