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Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials38gh^5 40g^4h^3

Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials38gh^5 40g^4h^3-example-1
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Notice that:


\begin{gathered} 38gh^5=2\cdot(19)gh^3(h^2) \\ 40g^4h^3=2(20)gh^3(g^3) \end{gathered}

Therefore,


\text{GCF}(38gh^5,40g^4h^3)=2gh^3

Answer: 2gh^3.

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