A single polynomial cannot have a greatest commonfactor. There is nothing that it will be in common with!
Chat with our AI personalities
It is not possible to give a sensible answer to this question. The greatest common factor (GCF) refers to a factor that is COMMON to two or more numbers or polynomials. If you have only one number or polynomial there is nothing for it to have a factor in common with!
You do a factor rainbow to find a prime factorization. You compare prime factorizations to find a greatest common factor.
2x(8x-7)
You need at least two numbers to find a GCF.
You need at least two numbers to find a GCF. There cannot be a greatest common factor if there are not at least two numbers to compare. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers have in common - the largest factor that they all share.