Question

Find the greatest common factors (GCF / HCF) of the following polynomials :

$a^2{b}^3,a^3{b}^2$

Answer 1

$a^2{b}^3,a^3{b}^2$

HCF of $a^2,a^3=a^2$

HCF of $b^3,b^2=b^2$

$\therefore \text{HCF}=a^2{b}^2$