How do you factor $3x^3y^2 - 2x^2y + 5xy$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-28T20:29:17

$3x^3y^2-2x^2y+5xy=xy(3x^2y-2x+5)$

Note that all of the terms are divisible by $xy$ , so:

$3x^3y^2-2x^2y+5xy=xy(3x^2y-2x+5)$

There are no simpler factors.

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