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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the GCF of the terms of the polynomial. 50x^5 + 4x^4 a. 4x b. 2x4 c. x4 d. 2x5

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

What's the greatest common factor of 4 and 50?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I am assuming he/she means \( 50x^5 + 4x^4 \) As Gold said , what is the GCF of 50 and 4?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i ment to put those as exponents

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Have you learned prime factorization yet?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Now what's the greatest common factor of x^4 and x^5. Well it's the lowest exponent. So what's the lowest exponent?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Good. So the answer is 2x^4.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its 2x^4

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Yes.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thankyou

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