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What does it mean to factor using the Greatest
Common Factor? Provide an example

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Answer:

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Explanation:

when you factor out the greatest common factor, you take out number, variable, or term which is common in all of the monomials in the expression/equation.

an example is...

un-factored: 7x^2+14xy+21x

factored: 7x(x+2y+3)

that's all! hope this helped!!

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