Find greatest common monomial factor of the terms of the polynomial.

8x3y2 – 12x2y3 + 20x2y2

A.
4xy

B.
8x2y2

C.
4x2y2

D.
16xy

Question

Find greatest common monomial factor of the terms of the polynomial.

8x3y2 – 12x2y3 + 20x2y2
	
	
 
A.
	4xy
	
 
B.
	8x2y2
	
 
C.
	4x2y2
	
 
D.
	16xy

anonymous · Answer

@iambatman

anonymous · Answer

@jtryon

anonymous · Answer

$$\large 8x^3y^2-12x^2y^3+20x^2y^2$$

anonymous · Answer

Factor out the polynomials and find the GCF of the three.

anonymous · Answer

Like that?

anonymous · Answer

Take it away @jtryon :)!

anonymous · Answer

OK, so we break each one of the polynomials up
8x^3y^2 = 2 * 2 * 2 * x * x * x * y * y

anonymous · Answer

can you do the other two?

anonymous · Answer

no i dont understand it @jtryon

anonymous · Answer

You have the polynomial x^3y^2 and what you want to do is factor it out and then once you factor all of them, you take the greatest common factor and that is your answer

anonymous · Answer

so when you are done factoring, your answer should be 4x^2y^2 :)