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Find the greatest common factor of 7x and 4x?.

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Answer:

GCF = x

Explanation:

The factor decomposition is:

7 * x for the first term

2 * 2 * x for the second term.

The ONLY common factor is "x", and the maximum power at which it appears in BOTH terms is "1" (one)

Therefore GCF = x

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