Question

help? i have to factor the GCF of the following polynomials: (an example problem is in the comments)

Answer 1

What is the question?

Answer 2

\[4x ^{3}y-16x ^{2}y ^{2}-24xy ^{3}\]

Answer 3

how do i even?

Answer 4

\[4xy(x^{2}-4xy-6y^{2})\]

Answer 5

what did you do?

Answer 6

Well, what I did is basically reversed the distributive factor. 4 can factor from 4,8,and 24. and I count the least amount of x and y's in the whole equation and factored it out.

Answer 7

ok, i think i got that. thank you

Answer 8

No problem