Question

What is the GCF of the terms of the polynomial −16y4 + 12y2 – 4y?

Answer 1

4Y not -4Y

Otherwise, it is correct.

According to Quora:

"GCF cannot be negative. This is so because for every negative factor, there is always a corresponding positive factor. For example if -3 is a factor of a number 3 will also be a factor.

Explanation:

4 and Y go into each item leaving -4y3 + 3Y - 1

Answer 2

The GCF is - 4y

Explanation:

Given the polynomial expression −16y4 + 12y2 – 4y?

If we carefully traverse all the terms we can factor out 4y from all the terms

=-4y(4y³-3y+1) which is similar to the original expression

Hence the greatest common factor GCF = - 4y

The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) is the largest number that will divided evenly into that number.