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Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials

Find the greatest common factor of the following monomials-example-1

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Prime factorization of each monomial.

38n^3 = 19 * 2 * n * n * n

8n^4 = 4 ^ 2 * n * n * n * n

Find everything in common and bam (in bold above).

The GCF is 2n^3

Best of Luck!

User Sergeb
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Answer:

Explanation:

38n³ = 2 * 19 * n *n *n

8n⁴ = 2 * 2 *2 * n * n * n * n

GCF = 2 * n *n *n = 2n³

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