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Find the greatest common factor of 15x^2y^3 and -18x^3yz
The Answer has to be like _x_y_

User Zorzi
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answer: 3x^2y^4

Explanation:

User Durbachit
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Answer:

The greatest common factor of this would be 3x^2y

Explanation:

In order to find this, first find the greatest common factor of the coefficients. Since 3 goes in evenly to both 15 and -18, then we know that it is a common factor.

From there we need to find the number of x's. Since the first term only has 2 x's and the second has 3, we take the lowest number. (x^2)

And since the first term has 3 y's and the second has just 1, we take the lowest number (y).

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