Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor 12+80

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Noelle Bradshaw

9 September, 20:21

Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor 12+80

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Sloane · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

First, write out the prime factorization of both 12 and 80: 12 = 2 x 2 x 3 and 80 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5. Now collect only the prime numbers that each of them share in their factorizations, which are only two 2's. Thus, the greatest common factor between 12 and 80 is 2 x 2 = 4.