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What is the greatest common factor of the polynomial's terms? 14a3b4−7ab7+21a2b

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The Answer is 7(ab).

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User Ben Quigley
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Answer: 7ab

Explanation:

The given polynomial :
14a^3b^4-7ab^7+21a^2b

The terms of the above polynomial can be written as :


14a^3b^4=(7*2)a^(2+1)b^(3+1)=(7*2)a^2(a)b^3b\\\\-7ab^7=-7ab^(6+1)=-7ab^6(b)\\\\21a^2b=(7*3)a^(1+1)b=(7*3)a(a)b

Now, we can see that the greatest common factor of the polynomial's terms=
7ab

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