Question

Find the GCF : given : (40x^5,70x^3)

Answer 1

In order to find the greatest common factor of two monimial, we must find the prime factorization of each monomial, including all the variables.

For instance,

`40x^5=1\cdot4\cdot10x^3x^2`

and

`70x^3=1\cdot7\cdot10x^3`

By comparing both results, we can see that the greastest common factor is

`10x^3`