What is the GCF of $45x^2y$ and $9x^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-12T16:45:37

GCF is $9x^2$

Factors of $45x^2y$ are given by

$45x^2y=color(red)(3xx3)xx5xx color(red)(x xx x) xxy$

and for $9x^3$ , we have factors

$9x^3=color(red)(3xx3xx x xx x) xx x$

Common factors are $3xx3xx x xx x$ and hence

GCF is $3xx3xx x xx x=9x^2$

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