How do you find the GCF of the terms of the polynomial $50x^4+4x^4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-04T18:38:20

Both terms have $2x^4$ , this is the GCF.

Write the numbers as the product of their prime factors.

$50x^4 = 2xx5xx5 xx x^4$
$4x^4 = 2 xx x^4$

Both terms have $2x^4$ , this is the GCF.

The first thing to notice is that both numbers are even, therefore 2 is an obvious common factor.

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