Question

Find the greatest common factor of the terms in the following expression: 6ab + 24a.a6 a2 a3 a

Answer 1

Solution:

Given the expression:

$6ab+24a$

To find the greatest common factor, we factor out the common terms amongst the expression.

Thus, we have

$6ab+24a=6a(b+4)$

Thus, the greatest common factor of the expression is

$6a$