Introductory Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-13417-805-X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13417-805-9

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - The Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping - Exercise Set - Page 428: 109

Answer

Doesn't make sense.

Work Step by Step

We need to the extract the greatest possible power of a variable from all the terms, and this is the SMALLEST power that appears in all the terms. Example: $2x^{4}+2x^{3}+3x^{2}$ Common to all terms is $x^{2}$, not $x^{4}.$ Doesn't make sense.
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