Question

Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials 30c 8c6

Answer 1

2c

Explanation:

The greatest common factor is the largest integer factor two numbers have in common. A faster way to find it is to prime factorize the number, but in this case, it is easier to just list out the factors;

30c = 2 * 15 * c

8
`c^(6)` = 2 * 4 * c *
`c^5`

Greatest common factor;

2 c