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

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Andrey Shcherbakov · Answer 1 · 2021-01-27T04:36:25+0000

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To factor a polynomial, identify the greatest common factor of the monomial terms, and then use the Distributive Property to rewrite the expression. Once a polynomial in a • b + a • c form has been rewritten as a(b + c), where a is the GCF, we say that the polynomial is in factored form.

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Daniel Agans · Answer 2 · 2021-01-30T08:29:20+0000

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To factor a polynomial, identify the greatest common factor of the monomial terms, and then use the Distributive Property to rewrite the expression. Once a polynomial in a • b + a • c form has been rewritten as a(b + c), where a is the GCF, we say that the polynomial is in factored form.

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