Question

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

Answer 1

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.