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How do you find the GCF of $12 x, 40 x^{2}$ $12x, 40x^2$ ?

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Mar 3, 2018

$4 x$ $4x$

Explanation:

$12 x \Rightarrow 2 \times 2 \times 3 \times x$ $12x => 2xx2xx3xxx$

$40 x^{2} \Rightarrow 2 \times 2 \times 2 \times 5 \times x \times x$ $40x^2 => 2xx2xx2xx5xxx xxx$

Common factors $= 2 \times 2 \times x$ $= 2xx2xxx$

G.C.F $\Rightarrow 4 x$ $=> 4x$

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