Common Factors Examples Page 1

Remove the common factors from the expression .

The expression 4x² + 2x/6x³ + 4x has a common factor of 2x in both the numerator and denominator. We can pull this term out to find

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Canceling the factors of 2x yields

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Still a bit of a mess, but it's the best we can do. Don't lose any sleep over it.