How do you find the GCF of $4y, 18y^2, 6y^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-31T11:31:39

See the solution process below:

The factors for each term are:

$4y = color(red)(2) * 2 * color(red)(y)$

$18y^2 = color(red)(2) * 3 * 3 * color(red)(y) * y$

$6y^3 = color(red)(2) * 3 * color(red)(y) * y * y$

Therefore, the GCF for the three terms is: $color(red)(2y)$

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