ctoring polynomials by taking a

common factor
Learn how to factor a common factor out of a polynomial expression. For example, factor 6x²+10x as
2x(3x+5).
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What you should be familiar with before this lesson

The GCF (greatest common factor) of two or more monomials is the

product of all their common prime factors. For example, the GCF
of 6x6x6, x and 4x^24x24, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript is 2x2x2,
x.

If this is new to you, you'll want to check out our greatest common factors
of monomials article.

What you will learn in this lesson

In this lesson, you will learn how to factor out common factors from
polynomials.

The distributive
property: a(b+c)=ab+aca(b+c)=ab+aca,
left parenthesis, b, plus, c, right parenthesis,
equals, a, b, plus, a, c
To understand how to factor out common factors, we must understand
the distributive property.

For example, we can use the distributive property to find the product
of 3x^23x23, x, start superscript, 2, end superscriptand 4x+34x+34, x, plus,
3 as shown below:
3x2(4x+3)=3x2(4x)+3x2(3)
Notice how each term in the binomial was multiplied by a common factor
of \tealD{3x^2}3x2start color tealD, 3, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD.

However, because the distributive property is an equality, the reverse of

this process is also true!

\Large\tealD{3x^2}({4x})+\tealD{3x^2}({3})=\tealD{3x^2}({4x}+{3}) 3x2(4x)+3x2(3)=3x2(4x+3)

If we start with 3x^2(4x)+3x^2(3)3x2(4x)+3x2(3)3, x, start superscript, 2,

end superscript, left parenthesis, 4, x, right parenthesis, plus, 3, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, left parenthesis, 3, right parenthesis, we can
use the distributive property to factor out \tealD{3x^2}3x2start color tealD,
3, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD and
obtain 3x^2(4x+3)3x2(4x+3)3, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, left
parenthesis, 4, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis.

The resulting expression is in factored form because it is written as

a product of two polynomials, whereas the original expression is a two-
termed sum.

Check your understanding

1) Write 2x(3x)+2x(5)2x(3x)+2x(5)2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x, right
parenthesis, plus, 2, x, left parenthesis, 5, right parenthesis in factored
form.
Choose 1 answer:
 Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A)

(2x)(3x)(5)(2x)(3x)(5)left parenthesis, 2, x, right parenthesis, left

parenthesis, 3, x, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 5, right parenthesis


(Choice B)

2x(3x+5)2x(3x+5)2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x, plus, 5, right parenthesis


(Choice C)

6x^2+10x6x2+10x6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 10, x

Check

[I need help!]

2x(3x)+2x(5)2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x, right parenthesis, plus, 2, x, left

parenthesis, 5, right parenthesis

\Large\tealD{2x}({3x})+\tealD{2x}({5})=\tealD{2x}({3x}+{5}) 2x(3x)+2x(5)=2x(3x+5)

2x(3x)+2x(5)=6x^2+10x2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x, right parenthesis, plus,

2, x, left parenthesis, 5, right parenthesis, equals, 6, x, start superscript, 2,
end superscript, plus, 10, x6x^2+10x6, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, plus, 10, x

2x(3x)+2x(5)2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x, right parenthesis, plus, 2, x, left

parenthesis, 5, right parenthesis2x(3x+5)2, x, left parenthesis, 3, x,
plus, 5, right parenthesis
 Factoring out the greatest common factor
(GCF)
To factor the GCF out of a polynomial, we do the following:

1. Find the GCF of all the terms in the polynomial.

2. Express each term as a product of the GCF and another factor.
3. Use the distributive property to factor out the GCF.
Let's factor the GCF out of 2x^3-6x^22x3−6x22, x, start superscript, 3, end
superscript, minus, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript.

Step 1: Find the GCF

 2x^3=\maroonD2\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot

x2x3=2⋅x⋅x⋅x2, x, start superscript, 3, end superscript, equals, start color
maroonD, 2, end color maroonD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color
goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, x
 6x^2=\maroonD2\cdot 3\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot
\goldD{x}6x2=2⋅3⋅x⋅x6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals,
start color maroonD, 2, end color maroonD, dot, 3, dot, start color goldD,
x, end color goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD
So the GCF of 2x^3-6x^22x3−6x22, x, start superscript, 3, end superscript,
minus, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript is \maroonD2 \cdot \goldD
x \cdot \goldD x=\tealD{2x^2}2⋅x⋅x=2x2start color maroonD, 2, end color
maroonD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color goldD,
x, end color goldD, equals, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD.
 Step 2: Express each term as a product of \tealD{2x^2}2x2start color
tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD and
another factor.

 2x^3=(\tealD{2x^2})({x})2x3=(2x2)(x)2, x, start superscript,

3, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, x, right parenthesis
 6x^2=(\tealD{2x^2})({3})6x2=(2x2)(3)6, x, start superscript,
2, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 3, right parenthesis
[I'd like to see how to find the other factors.]

(\tealD{2x^2})left parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2,

end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis

 \dfrac{2x^3}{\tealD{2x^2}}={x}start fraction, 2, x, start superscript,

3, end superscript, divided by, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2,
end superscript, end color tealD, end fraction, equals, x

 \dfrac{6x^2}{\tealD{2x^2}}=3start fraction, 6, x, start superscript, 2,

end superscript, divided by, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD, end fraction, equals, 3

 2x^3=\maroonD2\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot x2, x, start

superscript, 3, end superscript, equals, start color maroonD, 2, end color
maroonD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color goldD,
x, end color goldD, dot, x
 6x^2=\maroonD2\cdot 3\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}6, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, start color maroonD, 2, end color
maroonD, dot, 3, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color
goldD, x, end color goldD

So the polynomial can be written as 2x^3-6x^2=(\tealD{2x^2})( x)-

(\tealD{2x^2}) ( 3)2x3−6x2=(2x2)(x)−(2x2)(3)2, x, start superscript, 3, end
superscript, minus, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, left
parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end
color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, x, right parenthesis, minus,
left parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3, right parenthesis.

Step 3: Factor out the GCF

Now we can apply the distributive property to factor

out \tealD{2x^2}2x2start color tealD, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD.

\Large(\tealD{2x^2})( x)-(\tealD{2x^2}) ( 3)=\tealD{2x^2}( x- 3)(2x2)(x)−(2x2)(3)=2x2(x−3)

Verifying our result

We can check our factorization by multiplying 2x^22x22, x, start

superscript, 2, end superscript back into the polynomial.

2x2(x−3)=(2x2)(x)−(2x2)(3)=2x3−6x2
Since this is the same as the original polynomial, our factorization is
correct!

Check your understanding

 2) Factor out the greatest common factor in 12x^2+18x12x2+18x12, x,
start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 18, x.
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A)

6x(2x+18x)6x(2x+18x)6, x, left parenthesis, 2, x, plus, 18, x, right

parenthesis


(Choice B)

6x(2x+3)6x(2x+3)6, x, left parenthesis, 2, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis


(Choice C)

6x(3+12x^2)6x(3+12x2)6, x, left parenthesis, 3, plus, 12, x, start

superscript, 2, end superscript, right parenthesis
Check

[I need help!]

 12x^2=\maroonD2\cdot 2\cdot \blueD3\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot x12, x,

start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, start color maroonD, 2, end
color maroonD, dot, 2, dot, start color blueD, 3, end color blueD, dot, start
color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, x
 18x=\maroonD2\cdot \blueD3\cdot 3\cdot \goldD{x}18, x, equals,
start color maroonD, 2, end color maroonD, dot, start color blueD, 3, end
color blueD, dot, 3, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD

12x^2+18x12, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 18,

x\maroonD2 \cdot \blueD 3\cdot \goldD{x}start color maroonD, 2, end
 color maroonD, dot, start color blueD, 3, end color blueD, dot, start color
goldD, x, end color goldD\tealD{6x}start color tealD, 6, x, end color tealD

\tealD{6x}start color tealD, 6, x, end color tealD

 12x^2=(\tealD{6x})({2x})12, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,

equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 6, x, end color tealD, right
parenthesis, left parenthesis, 2, x, right parenthesis
 18x=(\tealD{6x})({3})18, x, equals, left parenthesis, start color
tealD, 6, x, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3, right
parenthesis

12x^2+18x=(\tealD{6x})( 2x)+(\tealD{6x}) (3)12, x, start superscript, 2,

end superscript, plus, 18, x, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 6, x,
end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 2, x, right parenthesis,
plus, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 6, x, end color tealD, right
parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3, right parenthesis

\tealD{6x}start color tealD, 6, x, end color tealD

\Large(\tealD{6x})( 2x)+(\tealD{6x}) ( 3)=\tealD{6x}( 2x+3)(6x)(2x)+(6x)(3)=6x(2x+3)

12x^2+18x12, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 18,

x6x(2x+3)6, x, left parenthesis, 2, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis

3) Factor out the greatest common factor in the following polynomial.

10x^2+25x+15 =10x2+25x+15=10, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,

plus, 25, x, plus, 15, equals 
 Check

[I need help!]

 10x^2=2\cdot \tealD5\cdot x\cdot x10, x, start superscript, 2, end

superscript, equals, 2, dot, start color tealD, 5, end color tealD, dot, x, dot,
x
 25x=\tealD5\cdot 5\cdot {x}25, x, equals, start color tealD, 5, end
color tealD, dot, 5, dot, x
 15=3\cdot \tealD{5}15, equals, 3, dot, start color tealD, 5, end color
tealD

10x^2+25x+1510, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 25, x, plus,

15\tealD{5}start color tealD, 5, end color tealD

\tealD{5}start color tealD, 5, end color tealD

 10x^2=(\tealD{5})({2x^2})10, x, start superscript, 2, end

superscript, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 5, end color tealD,
right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
right parenthesis
 25x=(\tealD{5})({5x})25, x, equals, left parenthesis, start color
tealD, 5, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 5, x, right
parenthesis
 15=(\tealD{5})(3)15, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 5, end
color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3, right parenthesis

10x^2+25x+15=(\tealD{5})( 2x^2)+(\tealD{5}) (5x)+(\tealD{5}) (3)10, x,

start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 25, x, plus, 15, equals, left
parenthesis, start color tealD, 5, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, right parenthesis,
plus, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 5, end color tealD, right
 parenthesis, left parenthesis, 5, x, right parenthesis, plus, left parenthesis,
start color tealD, 5, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3,
right parenthesis

\tealD{5}start color tealD, 5, end color tealD

\Large(\tealD{5})( 2x^2)+(\tealD{5})(5x)+(\tealD{5})(3)=\tealD{5}(2x^2+5x+3)(5)(2x2)+(5)(5x)
+(5)(3)=5(2x2+5x+3)

10x^2+25x+1510, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 25, x,

plus, 155(2x^2+5x+3)5, left parenthesis, 2, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, plus, 5, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis

4) Factor out the greatest common factor in the following polynomial.

x^4-8x^3+x^2=x4−8x3+x2=x, start superscript, 4, end superscript, minus, 8,

x, start superscript, 3, end superscript, plus, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, equals 

Check

[I need help!]

 x^4=\goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot x\cdot xx, start superscript, 4,

end superscript, equals, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start
color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, x, dot, x
 8x^3=2\cdot 2 \cdot 2 \cdot \goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}\cdot x8, x,
start superscript, 3, end superscript, equals, 2, dot, 2, dot, 2, dot, start color
goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot,
x
 x^2=\goldD{x}\cdot \goldD{x}x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, equals, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color
goldD, x, end color goldD

x^4-8x^3+x^2x, start superscript, 4, end superscript, minus, 8, x, start

superscript, 3, end superscript, plus, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript\goldD{x} \cdot \goldD{x}start color goldD, x, end color
goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD\tealD{x^2}start color
tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD

\tealD{x^2}start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,

end color tealD

 x^4=(\tealD{x^2})({x^2})x, start superscript, 4, end superscript,

equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, right parenthesis
 8x^3=(\tealD{x^2})({8x})8, x, start superscript, 3, end superscript,
equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 8, x, right
parenthesis
 x^2=(\tealD{x^2})(1)x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals,
left parenthesis, start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 1, right parenthesis

x^4-8x^3+x^2=(\tealD{x^2})(x^2)-(\tealD{x^2})(8x)+(\tealD{x^2}) (1)x,
start superscript, 4, end superscript, minus, 8, x, start superscript, 3, end
superscript, plus, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, left
parenthesis, start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end
color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, right parenthesis, minus, left parenthesis, start color tealD, x,
start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 8, x, right parenthesis, plus, left parenthesis, start color tealD,
x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis,
left parenthesis, 1, right parenthesis

\tealD{x^2}start color tealD, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end

color tealD

\Large(\tealD{x^2})( x^2)-(\tealD{x^2})(8x)+(\tealD{x^2})(1)=\tealD{x^2}(x^2-8x+1) (x2)(x2)−(x2)

(8x)+(x2)(1)=x2(x2−8x+1)

x^4-8x^3+x^2x, start superscript, 4, end superscript, minus, 8, x, start

superscript, 3, end superscript, plus, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscriptx^2(x^2-8x+1)x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, left
parenthesis, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, minus, 8, x, plus,
1, right parenthesis

Can we be more efficient?

If you feel comfortable with the process of factoring out the GCF, you can
use a faster method:

Once we know the GCF, the factored form is simply the product of that
GCF and the sum of the terms in the original polynomial divided by the
GCF.

See, for example, how we use this fast method to

factor 5x^2+10x5x2+10x5, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 10,
x, whose GCF is \tealD{5x}5xstart color tealD, 5, x, end color tealD:
5x^2+10x=\tealD{5x}\left(\dfrac{5x^2}{\tealD{5x}}
+\dfrac{10x}{\tealD{5x}}\right)=\tealD{5x}
(x+2)5x2+10x=5x(5x5x2+5x10x)=5x(x+2)5, x, start superscript, 2,
end superscript, plus, 10, x, equals, start color tealD, 5, x, end color tealD,
left parenthesis, start fraction, 5, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
divided by, start color tealD, 5, x, end color tealD, end fraction, plus, start
fraction, 10, x, divided by, start color tealD, 5, x, end color tealD, end
fraction, right parenthesis, equals, start color tealD, 5, x, end color tealD,
left parenthesis, x, plus, 2, right parenthesis

Factoring out binomial factors

The common factor in a polynomial does not have to be a monomial.

For example, consider the polynomial x(2x-1)-4(2x-1)x(2x−1)−4(2x−1)x,

left parenthesis, 2, x, minus, 1, right parenthesis, minus, 4, left parenthesis,
2, x, minus, 1, right parenthesis.

Notice that the binomial \tealD{2x-1}2x−1start color tealD, 2, x, minus, 1,

end color tealD is common to both terms. We can factor this out using the
distributive property:

\Large{x}(\tealD{2x-1})-{4}(\tealD{2x-1})=(\tealD{2x-1})({x}-{4})x(2x−1)−4(2x−1)=(2x−1)
(x−4)
[I'm still confused. Is there another explanation?]

\goldD A\tealD{B}-\purpleC C\tealD{B}=\tealD{B} (\goldD A-\purpleC

C)start color goldD, A, end color goldD, start color tealD, B, end color
tealD, minus, start color purpleC, C, end color purpleC, start color tealD,
B, end color tealD, equals, start color tealD, B, end color tealD, left
parenthesis, start color goldD, A, end color goldD, minus, start color
purpleC, C, end color purpleC, right parenthesis

\goldD A=\goldD xstart color goldD, A, end color goldD, equals, start
color goldD, x, end color goldD\tealD B=\tealD{2x-1}start color tealD, B,
end color tealD, equals, start color tealD, 2, x, minus, 1, end color
tealD\purpleC C=\purpleC4start color purpleC, C, end color purpleC,
equals, start color purpleC, 4, end color purpleC

\goldD x(\tealD{2x-1})-\purpleC4(\tealD{2x-1})=(\tealD{2x-1})(\goldD
x-\purpleC4)start color goldD, x, end color goldD, left parenthesis, start
color tealD, 2, x, minus, 1, end color tealD, right parenthesis, minus, start
color purpleC, 4, end color purpleC, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 2, x,
minus, 1, end color tealD, right parenthesis, equals, left parenthesis, start
color tealD, 2, x, minus, 1, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, minus, start color
purpleC, 4, end color purpleC, right parenthesis
[Why is 2x-1 in parentheses?]

\tealD{2x-1}(x-4)start color tealD, 2, x, minus, 1, end color tealD, left

parenthesis, x, minus, 4, right parenthesis-1minus, 1x-4x, minus, 4

2x-12, x, minus, 1

Check your understanding

5) Factor out the greatest common factor in the following polynomial.

2x(x+3)+5(x+3)=2x(x+3)+5(x+3)=2, x, left parenthesis, x, plus, 3, right

parenthesis, plus, 5, left parenthesis, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis, equals 
 Check

[I need help!]

\tealD{x+3}start color tealD, x, plus, 3, end color tealD

\Large{2x}(\tealD{x+3})+{5}(\tealD{x+3})=(\tealD{x+3})({2x}+{5}) 2x(x+3)+5(x+3)=(x+3)
(2x+5)

(x+3)(2x+5)left parenthesis, x, plus, 3, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 2,

x, plus, 5, right parenthesis

Different kinds of factorizations

It may seem that we have used the term "factor" to describe several
different processes:

 We factored monomials by writing them as a product of other

monomials. For example, 12x^2=(4x)(3x)12x2=(4x)(3x)12, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis, 4, x, right
parenthesis, left parenthesis, 3, x, right parenthesis.

 We factored the GCF from polynomials using the distributive

property. For example, 2x^2+12x=2x(x+6)2x2+12x=2x(x+6)2, x, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, plus, 12, x, equals, 2, x, left parenthesis, x,
plus, 6, right parenthesis.

 We factored out common binomial factors which resulted in an

expression equal to the product of two binomials. For
 example x(x+1)+2(x+1)=(x+1)(x+2)x(x+1)+2(x+1)=(x+1)(x+2)x, left
parenthesis, x, plus, 1, right parenthesis, plus, 2, left parenthesis, x, plus, 1,
right parenthesis, equals, left parenthesis, x, plus, 1, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, x, plus, 2, right parenthesis.

While we may have used different techniques, in each case we are writing
the polynomial as a product of two or more factors. So in all three
examples, we indeed factored the polynomial.

Challenge problems
6*) Factor out the greatest common factor in the following polynomial.

12x^2y^5-30x^4y^2=12x2y5−30x4y2=12, x, start superscript, 2, end

superscript, y, start superscript, 5, end superscript, minus, 30, x, start
superscript, 4, end superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
equals 

Check

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 12x^2y^5=\maroonD{2}\cdot 2\cdot \maroonD3\cdot \goldD

{x}\cdot \goldD x\cdot \greenD y\cdot \greenD y\cdot y\cdot y \cdot y12,
x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start superscript, 5, end
superscript, equals, start color maroonD, 2, end color maroonD, dot, 2, dot,
start color maroonD, 3, end color maroonD, dot, start color goldD, x, end
color goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, start color
 greenD, y, end color greenD, dot, start color greenD, y, end color greenD,
dot, y, dot, y, dot, y
 30x^4y^2=\maroonD2\cdot \maroonD 3 \cdot 5 \cdot \goldD{x}\cdot
\goldD{x}\cdot x\cdot x \cdot \greenD y \cdot \greenD y30, x, start
superscript, 4, end superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end superscript,
equals, start color maroonD, 2, end color maroonD, dot, start color
maroonD, 3, end color maroonD, dot, 5, dot, start color goldD, x, end color
goldD, dot, start color goldD, x, end color goldD, dot, x, dot, x, dot, start
color greenD, y, end color greenD, dot, start color greenD, y, end color
greenD

12x^2y^5-30x^4y^212, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start

superscript, 5, end superscript, minus, 30, x, start superscript, 4, end
superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end superscript\tealD{6x^2y^2}start
color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start superscript, 2,
end superscript, end color tealD

\tealD{6x^2y^2}start color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end

superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD

 12x^2y^5=(\tealD{6x^2y^2})({2y^3})12, x, start superscript, 2, end

superscript, y, start superscript, 5, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis,
start color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 2, y, start superscript, 3, end superscript, right parenthesis
 30x^4y^2=(\tealD{6x^2y^2})({5x^2})30, x, start superscript, 4, end
superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis,
start color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 5, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, right parenthesis

12x^2y^5-30x^4y^2=(\tealD{6x^2y^2})( 2y^3)-(\tealD{6x^2y^2})
(5x^2)12, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start superscript, 5, end
superscript, minus, 30, x, start superscript, 4, end superscript, y, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, equals, left parenthesis, start color tealD, 6,
x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start superscript, 2, end
superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left parenthesis, 2, y, start
superscript, 3, end superscript, right parenthesis, minus, left parenthesis,
start color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start
superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD, right parenthesis, left
parenthesis, 5, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, right parenthesis

\tealD{6x^2y^2}start color tealD, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript,

y, start superscript, 2, end superscript, end color tealD

\Large(\tealD{6x^2y^2})( 2y^3)-(\tealD{6x^2y^2}) ( 5x^2)=\tealD{6x^2y^2}( 2y^3- 5x^2)(6x2y2)

(2y3)−(6x2y2)(5x2)=6x2y2(2y3−5x2)

6x^2y^2(2y^3-5x^2)6, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, y, start

superscript, 2, end superscript, left parenthesis, 2, y, start superscript, 3,
end superscript, minus, 5, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript, right
parenthesis

14x^414x46x^26x2\text{Length}Length\text{Width}Width

7*) A large rectangle with an area of 14x^4+6x^214x4+6x214, x, start

superscript, 4, end superscript, plus, 6, x, start superscript, 2, end
superscript square meters is divided into two smaller rectangles with
areas 14x^414x414, x, start superscript, 4, end superscript and 6x^26x26, x,
start superscript, 2, end superscript square meters.

The width of the rectangle (in meters) is equal to the greatest common
factor of 14x^414x414, x, start superscript, 4, end
superscript and 6x^26x26, x, start superscript, 2, end superscript.

What is the length and width of the large rectangle?

\text{Width} =Width=W, i, d, t, h, equals 

 meters

\text{Length} =Length=L, e, n, g, t, h, equals 

 meters