Factor out the greatest common factor. If the greatest common factor is 1 , just retype the
polynomial.

To factor out the greatest common factor from the polynomial , we first identify the GCF of the two terms. The GCF of and is . Now we can factor it out:

And there you have it! The polynomial is factored beautifully.

You can think of this process like pulling the largest shared toy from a group. It’s all about teamwork with numbers!