Question

The factors of each term in the expression 8x + 12xy are shown below.

8x: 1, 2, 4, 8, x
12xy: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, x, y

What is the greatest common factor of 8x and 12xy?

A. 2
B. 2x
C. 4x
D. 8x

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

x and y are variables, other than that 4 is the largest factor they share