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Factor out the greatest common factor.

minus

14
14p3
plus
+
10

10p2
plus
+
4
4p

User Red Bottle
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Given expression is


-14p^3+10p^2+4p

when we break the individual terms using prime factors


-14p^3= -2*7*p*p*p\\10p^2=2*5*p*p\\4p=2*2*p

so the common factors we can see is 2*p

so The greatest common factor is 2p

So when we Factor out Greatest common factor we get


2p(-7p^2+5p+2)

User Tomasz Elendt
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