Question

Find the greatest common factor of the
following monomials:
12b 40b4
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Answer 1

4b

Explanation:

The GCF is the largest number that will multiply into each term. It can be both numbers and letters.

12b = 2*2*3*b and 40b^4 = 2*2*2*5*b*b*b*b has GCF 2*2*b = 4b