Identify GCF: Identify the greatest common factor (GCF) of the two terms.The GCF is the highest power of each variable that divides both terms and the largest number that divides both coefficients.For the coefficients, the GCF is 1 since 7 and 41 are both prime and do not share any common factors.For the variables, the GCF is x4y3z4 since that is the highest power of each variable that appears in both terms.
Factor out GCF: Factor out the GCF from each term.The expression becomes:1×(−7x4y3z4+41x6y5z7)/(x4y3z4)This simplifies to:−7+41x2y2z3
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