Factor out the GCF from the given polynomial

2x^3 y - 18x^2 - 4xy

GCF- Greatest Common Factor. In other words, find the number and/or variable(s) that divide evenly into all polynomials. Here you have 3 polynomials: (2x³y), (-18x²), and (-4xy). What divides evenly into all 3 of these? Well, there's a 2 in common, and also an x, so 2x! So you would factor out 2x from all constants by dividing them, like this:

2x(x²y-9x-2y)

This polynomial is in its simplest form.

2x^3 y - 18x^2 - 4xy = 2x(x^2 y - 9x - 2y)

check by multiplying.

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2x(x^2y-9x-2y)

2x

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