Factor out the greatest common factor for each polynomial Ex
Solution
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a)
28 r4 s2 +7r3 s -35r4 s3
we write factors of 28,7 and 35
28 = 7*2*2*1 , 7 = 7*1 , 35 = 7*5*1
we can see that \"7\" is common in all of them so we pull out \"7\"
r4 ,r3 ,r4
we can write r4 as r3 * r1 (here \"r\" is the base and \"4\" is the exponent ) (we add exponents if base are same)
so r3 is common in all 3 so we pull out r3
similarly \"s\" is common so we pull out \"s\"
28 r4 s2 +7r3 s -35r4 s3 we get
7r3s (4rs + 1 - 5rs2) answer (7r3s is the greatest common factor)
b)
(4z-5)(3z-2) - (3z-9)(3z-2)
we can see that (3z-2) is common so we pull out this as greatest common factor
we get
(3z-2)((4z-5) - (3z-9))
(3z-2)(4z-5 - 3z + 9) if there is a (\"-\" sign before a bracket the sign of the variables gets reversed )
(3z-2)(z+4) answer
14)
15 -5m2 -3r2 +m2r2
we group two terms as one group
(15 - 5m2 ) + (-3r2 + m2r2)
now we pull out \"5\" from 1st group and \"-r2\" from second group
5(3 - m2) - r2(3 - m2) (negative number * postive number = negative number ) eg: 2*(-3) = -6
now (3-m2) is common so we pull out as greatest common factor
(3-m2)(5-r2) answer
