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For the greatest common factor, you check which variables appear in each of the expressions. In the case of exponents, you take the lowest exponent for each variable.

For the least common multiple, you take each variable, whether it appears in all of the expressions involved, or only in some of them. In the case of the exponents, you take the greatest exponent for each variable.

If there are numeric coefficients (numbers as products), you take either the gcf or the lcm of those in the usual way.

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