Question

How do you find the greatest common factor of `5c^3` and `11c^2`?

Answer 1

`c^2`

Explanation:

Rewrite the both numbers in smalles factors.
`5c^3 = 5*c*c*c`
`11c^2 = 11*c*c`

See which factors are in common and then you get `c*c = c^2`.

So you can rewrite `5c^3` as `c^2 * 5c` and `11c^2` as `c^2 * 11`.