Question

Can you show me the work to get this answer write two expressions that have a gcf of 8xy

Answer 1

1) Expression 1: 16x^3 y

2) Expression 2: 24 xy^5

Procedure:

1) find the greatest common factor of the coefficients, 16 and 24:

16 = 2^4

24 = (2^3)*3

=> greatest common factor = 2^3 = 8

2) find the greatest common factor of x^3 y and xy^5

That is the common letters each raised to the lowest power:

=> xy

3) Then, the result is 8xy