Given: -7y 2 + 7y + 84. What is the greatest common factor of the polynomial?
Mathematics · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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Given the expression:
-7y^2 + 7y + 84
Determine the greatest common factor of the expression.
Solution:
In order to easily determine the greatest common factor, one trick is to simply divide 84 by 7, since we have two 7. If we have a whole number as an answer, then 7 is the greatest common factor of the expression.
= 84/7
= 12
Final answer:
Greatest Common Factor = 12