Question

factor 2x^3y^4-8x^2y^3+6xy^2

Answer 1

well what are the largest common factors of

2, -8 and 6 ...........2

x^3, x^2 and x .............x

then

y^4, y^3 and y^2 ...........y^2

so you have

2xy^2 as the largest common factor

so you need to seem whats left in each term

so you will have something that looks like

\[2xy^2 ( new term 1 - new term 2 + new term 3)\]

I'll let you work out the new terms