Question

What is the gcf of 30x^2 and 66x^5?

Answer 1

Answer:

$6x^2$

Step-by-step explanation:

Express as product of prime factors.

$30x^2=2\times 3\times 5\times x^2$

$66x^5=2\times 3\times 11\times x^5$

The greatest common factor is the product of the least powers of the common factors.

The GCF is

$2\times 3\times x^2=6x^2$