Find the biggest common factor:
12x+16y 12x+16y 12x+16y
We begin by breaking down the coefficients 12 and 16 into multiplication exercises with a multiplying factor to eventually simplify:
3×4×x+4×4×y 3\times4\times x+4\times4\times y 3×4×x+4×4×y
We then extract 4 which is the common factor:
4(3×x+4×y)=4(3x+4y) 4(3\times x+4\times y)=4(3x+4y) 4(3×x+4×y)=4(3x+4y)
4(3x+4y) 4(3x+4y) 4(3x+4y)