Oh noes another question i only understand half of !
Find greatest common monomial factor of the terms of the polynomial.

8x3^y2^ – 12x2^y3^ + 20x2^y2^

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Oh noes another question i only understand half of ! 
Find greatest common monomial factor of the terms of the polynomial.

8x3^y2^ – 12x2^y3^ + 20x2^y2^

anonymous · Answer

It just means the greatest common factor of the 3 terms

anonymous · Answer

Should be 4x^2y^2

anonymous · Answer

Ah that seems to be in one of the choices , but i must as how did u figuere it out ?

anonymous · Answer

Did you learn factorisation?

anonymous · Answer

An example
6 + 3 = 3(2 + 1)
Another example
6x + 3x = 3x(2 + 1)
More example
6xy + 3xy = 3xy(2 + 1)
6x^2y + 3xy = 3xy(2x + 1)
6x^2y^3 + 3x^3y^2 = 3x^2y^2(2y + x)

anonymous · Answer

thanks !