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Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials46b^5 16b^3

Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials46b^5 16b^3-example-1
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Factors of 46: 1, 2, 23 and 46

Factors of 16: 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16.

With respect to variable b, the GCF has the variable raised to the lowest power of the monomials, which in this case is 3. Then, the greatest common factor of the given monomials is: 2b³

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