The expression is
.
Find the GCF of each term:
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(Factor each term)
.
(Circle common factors)
GCF of
is
.
Write each term as the product of the GCF and the remaining factors.Use the Distributive property to factor out the GCF.
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(Rewrite each term using the GCF)
(Apply distributive property:
)
The factored form of
is
.