Question

Find the greatest common factor of 65a3b4 and 39a4b5.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation: Let's begin by finding the

greatest common factor for the numbers 65 and 39.

I would make a factor tree and break up 65 and 39.

So 65 is 13 x 5 and 39 is 13 x 3.

Since the 13's match up, the greatest

common factor between 65 and 39 is 13.

For the variables, we use the smallest power on each of them.

So we use a^3 and b^4 to get 13a^3b^4 as our GCF.