Question

What is the greatest common factor of `24s^3, 12s^4`, and `18s^2`?

Answer 1

`6s^2`

Explanation:

`24s^3 = 4s(6s^2)`

`12s^4 = 2s^2(6s^2)`

`18s^2 = 3(6s^2)`

...there's no further factoring you can do that would be common to all 3.