Find the greatest common factor

7x^2a + 7xa^2

Question

Find the greatest common factor 

7x^2a + 7xa^2

anonymous · Answer

Cannot be factored

anonymous · Answer

Hi

lochana · Answer

hi, i guess so.

anonymous · Answer

Lol

bibby · Answer

$7xa(x+a)$

lochana · Answer

may be 7 ?

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

@jayshon54rogers    it can be factored:

anonymous · Answer

I'm bored

lochana · Answer

@bibby are sure? it says
7x^(2a) +7xa^2

bibby · Answer

I read it as $7x^2a+7xa^2$ and I'm pretty confident I'm right. 7x^(2a) would be weird

lochana · Answer

yes. but we usually don't put coefficients after powers

anonymous · Answer

Yeah @bibby

bibby · Answer

I'd ask OP to clear this up but he's already waiting for the next answer.
no interest in learning here

atomicreaper · Answer

I would love to learn how to do this but not with all of this spam in the chat... @bibby

atomicreaper · Answer

And you were right.

bibby · Answer

list out the factors of each term
pick out the common factors
divide each term by said common factors

so the first term is made up of a 7,x,x, a
the second term is made up of a 7, x, a, a

so we have a 7 x and an that we can take from each term

atomicreaper · Answer

So thats how you got 7xa? 

Ok well could you help me on the one I have up now? I somewhat understood this, but the one I have up now confuses me.

bibby · Answer

too lazy, sorry, just keep bumping and being patient

atomicreaper · Answer

Well ok thanks any way I guess.