How do you find the GCF of $7x^2, 15xy$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-10T00:29:17

The GCF is $x$ .

Let's factor both expressions:

$7x^2 = 7*x*x$
$15xy = 3*5*x*y$

$:. x$ is the Greatest (and only) Common Factor between the two expressions.

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