Factor -27h+6 using gcf

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The GCF (greatest common factor) of -27h and 6 is 3.

So, we can factor out 3 from both terms:

-27h = -3 * 9 * h = -3 * 3 * 3 * h = -3^3 * h
6 = 3 * 2

Therefore,
-27h + 6 = -3^3 * h + 3 * 2

And we can rewrite it as:
-27h + 6 = 3(-3^2h + 2)