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What is the greatest common factor of 45x^3, 24x^2, and 16x?

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Answer:


\huge\boxed{\sf GCF = x}

Explanation:

Firstly we'll factorize the terms:

45x³ = 3 * 3 * 5 * x * x * x

24x² = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * x * x

16x = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * x

The factor which is common in all three terms is:

= x

Hence GCF = x


\rule[225]{225}{2}

Hope this helped!

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