Q. What is the greatest common factor of 30b2,80b2, and 20b3 ?
List Prime Factors: List the prime factors of each term.30b2=2×3×5×b×b80b2=2×2×2×2×5×b×b20b3=2×2×5×b×b×b
Identify Common Factors: Identify the common prime factors in all three terms.The common prime factors are 2, 5, b, and b (since b2 is the lowest power of b common to all terms).
Find Greatest Common Factor: Multiply the common prime factors to find the greatest common factor (GCF).GCF = 2×5×b×b=10b2
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