Question

Step by step 48xy^2+24xy^4-12x^2y^4?

Answer 1

what do you need to do..?

Answer 2

Factoring it...

Answer 3

ok... take out 12 as a common factor

you get

\[12(4xy^2 + 2xy^4 - x^2y^4) \]

next find the largest any common factors of x tha can be placed outside the brackets...

what would you do?

Answer 4

you are factoring... distribution is the opposite process

take a single x out of each term

\[12x(4y^2 +2y^4 - xy^4)\]

find the largest power of y that can be taken out as a common factor...

Answer 5

Okay thanks 12xy^2(4+2y^2-xy^2)

Answer 6

Got that as my answer...

Answer 7

Thanks^^