Question

Which statements are true about David's work? Check all that apply. The GCF of the coefficients is correct. The GCF of the variable b should be b4 instead of b2. The variable c is not common to all terms, so a power of c should not have been factored out. The expression in step 5 is equivalent to the given polynomial. In step 6, David applied the distributive property.

Answer 1

The GCF of the coefficients is correct.

The variable c is not common to all terms, so a power of c should not have been factored out.

In step 6, David applied the distributive property.

Explanation:

Given the polynomial :

80b⁴ – 32b²c³ + 48b⁴c

The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the coefficients:

80, 32, 48

Factors of :

80 : 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, and 80

32 : 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32

48 : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, and 48.

GCF = 16

b⁴, b², b⁴

b⁴ = b * b * b * b

b² = b * b

b⁴ = b * b * b * b

GCF = b*b = b²

GCF of c³ and c

c³ = c * c * c

c = c

GCF = c

We can see that David's GCF of the coefficients are all correct

From the polynomial ; 80b⁴ does not contain c ; so factoring out c is incorrect

In step 6 ; the distributive property was used to obtain ; 16b²c(5b² – 2c² + 3b²)