Q. What is the greatest common factor of 35b2,15b3, and 5b ?
List prime factors: List the prime factors of each term.35b2=5×7×b×b15b3=3×5×b×b×b5b=5×b
Identify common factors: Identify the common prime factors in all three terms.The common prime factors are 5 and b.
Determine lowest powers: Determine the lowest power of the common prime factors in each term.The lowest power of 5 is 51 (since all terms have at least one 5).The lowest power of b is b1 (since the term 5b has only one b).
Find GCF: Multiply the common prime factors with their lowest powers to find the GCF.GCF = 51×b1GCF = 5b
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