ANSWER
The greatest common factor is

EXPLANATION
We want to find the greatest common factor of

and

The prime factorizations are;

and

The product of the least powers of the common factors is the greatest common factor.
In order to write this quadratic equation in standard form, first note that standard form is ax^2+bx+c for quadratics, where c is the numerical value (constant), B is the coefficient of x, and a is the coefficient of x^2 and is the leading coefficient. Next, multiply the binomials of (x-7) and (x-1). You can do this by using FOIL, or by distributing each of the terms in a binomial to each of the other terms in the other binomial. (Please let me know if you need a walk through in this step in particular). Furthermore, you should then write y= (the simplified trinomial). Now, the quadratic is in standard form. To reiterate, just simplify the two binomials by multiplying them together and writing that they're equal to y.
For this case we have that by definition, the equation of the line in the slope-intersection form is given by:

Where:
m: It is the slope of the line
b: It is the cut-off point with the y axis
We have the following points through which the line passes:

We find the slope of the line:

Thus, the equation of the line is of the form:

We substitute one of the points and find b:

Finally, the equation is:

Answer:
