factor out the greatest common factor. 7x^4-49x^3+14x^2=7x^2

Is this correct

User Icon for Damon Damon answered
16 years ago

yes

User Icon for Brenna Brenna answered
16 years ago

thanks for checking my work

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To determine whether the expression, 7x^4 - 49x^3 + 14x^2 = 7x^2, is factored out correctly, we need to factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each term.

Step 1: Find the GCF of all the terms in the expression.
The GCF of 7x^4, -49x^3, and 14x^2 is 7x^2.

Step 2: Divide each term in the expression by the GCF.
When we divide 7x^4 by 7x^2, we get x^2.
When we divide -49x^3 by 7x^2, we get -7x.
When we divide 14x^2 by 7x^2, we get 2.

So, the factored expression becomes:
7x^4 - 49x^3 + 14x^2 = 7x^2 * (x^2 - 7x + 2)

Therefore, the given expression is not factored correctly as it should be 7x^2 * (x^2 - 7x + 2) rather than 7x^2.