How do you factor the monomial $-17x^3y^2z$ completely?

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Answer 1 · 2017-11-07T16:32:09

$-17x^3y^2z = -17 xx x xx x xx x xx yxx yxxz$

You will not usually have to find factors of a monomial because it is already one term.

All you can do is to write it as the product of its prime factors:

$-17x^3y^2z = -17 xx x xx x xx x xx yxx yxxz$

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