anata Algebra - Factoring Polynomials Paul's Online Notes Home / Algebra / Preliminaries / Factoring Polynomials, Section 1-5 : Factoring Polynomials - Practice Problems Solutions Back to Problem List 2. Factor out the greatest common factor from the following polynomial. a8 — 7a'°b! + 2a°b? Hide Solution + The first step is to identify the greatest common factor. In this case it looks like we can factor an a? and a b? out of each term and so the greatest common factor is ab? . Hide Step 2~ Okay, now let's do the factoring. a8b8 — 7a"b! + 2056? = [a%b? (6° — 7a7b? + 2a?) ‘© 2003 - 2019 Paul Dawkins Page Last Modified : 4/23/2018 htpltutorial math lamar edulSelutions!Alg/Factoring/Prab2.aspx wn