Exercise 36 Page 82

We want to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of the terms in the given expression. To do so we will consider the coefficients and variables separately. 14 x^2y- 21 xy+ 35 xy^2 Let's start by finding the GCF of 14, 21, and 35. Factors of14:& 1,2, 7,and14 Factors of21:& 1,3, 7,and21 Factors of35:& 1,5, 7,and35 We found that the GCF of the coefficients is 7. To find the GCF of the variables, we need to identify the variables repeated in both terms and write them with their minimum exponents. \begin{aligned} \textbf{Factors of }\bm{1^\text{st}}\textbf{ Variable:}&\ x, x^2, y, {\color{#FF0000}{xy}}, x^2y\\ \textbf{Factors of }\bm{2^\text{nd}}\textbf{ Variable:}&\ x, y, {\color{#FF0000}{xy}}\\ \textbf{Factors of }\bm{3^\text{rd}}\textbf{ Variable:}&\ x, y, y^2, {\color{#FF0000}{xy}}, xy^2 \end{aligned} We see that there is one repeated variable factor, xy. Thus, the GCF of the expression is 7* xy= 7xy. Now we can write the given expression in terms of the GCF. 14x^2y-21xy+35xy^2 ⇕ 7xy* 2x- 7xy* 3+ 7xy*5y Finally, we will factor out the GCF. 7xy* 2x- 7xy* 3+ 7xy*5y ⇕ 7xy(2x-3+5y)