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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the GCF of the given polynomial. 16a4b4 + 32a3b5 - 48a2b6

OpenStudy (maheshmeghwal9):

first take numerical coefficient's GCF

Parth (parthkohli):

lol haha

Parth (parthkohli):

Take all the common factors in the terms, then just multiply all the common factors to get the greatest common factor like you did in elementary :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so like the factor tree ?

Parth (parthkohli):

Take the greatest common factors of all the different factors, like a, b and the numerical coefficients, then multiply them all

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Take out whatever things you can take common: Like\[16, a^2, b^4\] etc etc..

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