Q. What is the greatest common factor of 54z3,18z, and 36z2 ?
List Prime Factors: List the prime factors of each term.54z3 can be factored into 2×33×z3.18z can be factored into 2×32×z.36z2 can be factored into 22×32×z2.
Identify Common Factors: Identify the common prime factors.The common prime factors of 54z3, 18z, and 36z2 are 2 and 32 (since 32 is the lowest power of 3 that appears in all three terms) and z (since z is the lowest power of z that appears in all three terms).
Calculate GCF: Calculate the greatest common factor (GCF).The GCF is the product of the lowest powers of the common prime factors.GCF = 2×32×z=2×9×z=18z.
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