Variables can be any number, leaving an infinite number of GCF possibilities.
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The answer depends on whether or not a is a factor of c.
To factorize the expression abxb + acxc, we first identify the common factors in each term. In this case, the common factors are b in the first term and c in the second term. We then factor out these common factors to get b(a + x) + c(a + x). Finally, we factor out the common binomial factor of (a + x) to get (a + x)(b + c) as the fully factorized expression.
There is not a greatest common factor of a single number, such as 121, because there cannot be a greatest common factor without two or more numbers to compare. Common factors are factors that the numbers being compared have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers being compared have in common. Thus, since there are not two or more numbers to compare, there are neither common factors nor a greatest common factor.The factors of 121 are 1, 11, and 121.The only prime factor of 121 is 11.Examples:The greatest common factor of 11 and 63 is 1.The greatest common factor of 11 and 154 is 11.The greatest common factor of 11, 99, and 253 is 11.
There is not a greatest common factor of a single number, such as 57, because there cannot be a greatest common factor without two or more numbers to compare. Common factors are factors that the numbers being compared have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers being compared have in common.The factors of 57 are 1, 3, 19, and 57.The prime factors of 57 are 3 and 19.Examples:The greatest common factor of 27 and 57 is 3.The greatest common factor of 57 and 133 is 19.The greatest common factor of 57 and 106 is 1. factors are 3 and 19GCF of 57 is 57.* * * * *That is not true. You cannot have a GCF of just one number. The C of GCF stands for COMMON - that is, common to two or more numbers. So the GCF is defined only for 2 or more numbers.
The least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers is the smallest number that is a multiple of both numbers. In this case, the LCM of ab and bc would be the product of the two numbers divided by their greatest common divisor (GCD), which is b. Therefore, the LCM of ab and bc is abc.