The product of the common factors of 16x3, -4x2, 32x is
2x
x
4x
4x2
16x3=2×2×2×2×x×x×x
- 4x2=−1×2×2×x×x
32x=2×2×2×2×2×x
The common factors are 2,2,x Their product = 4x
Find the common factors of the following: (i) 6abc, 24ab2, 12a2b (ii) 16x3, −4x2, 32x [2 MARKS]