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ryan says the expression 3+5y cannot be factored by using greast common factor. is he correct. explain

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Hello there!

Ryan would be correct since 5y and 3 do not have any greatest common factors.

If you were to list out all the factors of these terms, the only factor they would have in common would be 1, meaning 3+5y does not have a greatest common factor.

Hope this helps and have a nice day!
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