How do you factor 54c^3d^4+9c^4d^2?

2 Answers
Jun 16, 2018

9c^3d^2(6d^2+c)

Explanation:

We check it by expanding:
9c^3d^2(6d^2+c)=54c^3d^4+9c^4d^2

Aug 9, 2018

9c^3d^2(6d^2+c)

Explanation:

Look at what power each c and d is raised to and take out the most that you can out of both of them:

there are at least three c's in both terms so you can pull out a c^3 and there are at least 2 d's in both terms so pull out d^2. Finally there is a common factor 9 in both terms so we'll pull that out as well:

9c^3d^2(6d^2+c)