Question

What is the greatest common factor and how is the distributive property used to factor it out from a polynomial?

Answer 1

@hoblos

Answer 2

@paki

Answer 3

@phi

Answer 4

The highest number that divides exactly into two or more numbers... It is the "greatest" thing for simplifying fractions... @ darealrobertmcd

Answer 5

wait for second part... i am solving that too

Answer 6

the second part would be that you use the distributive property to take out the greatest common factor of each pair:

Answer 7

yeah i know dear.... suppose this example... a^2 - 4a + 6a - 24...
Now use the ""distributive property"" to take out the greatest common factor of each pair:

a(a - 4) + 6(a - 4)

Notice that the numbers in the parentheses are the same (a - 4)... This makes it so you can group together the other numbers like this:
(a + 6)(a - 4).... Factored now... @ darealrobertmcd

Answer 8

Thanks @paki

Answer 9

pleasure buddy