need help

**Hayabusa** · July 6th 2005, 06:35 PM

I really need help.

How do you do this problem?

Factor 4g from: 8g^2j - 12g^3hj

**Math Help** · July 6th 2005, 07:50 PM

Factor 4g from: 8g^2j - 12g^2hj

Do you mean?: $8g^{2j} - 12g^{2hj}$

**Hayabusa** · July 7th 2005, 12:13 PM

I wrote it the way the book shows the problem.

Factor 4g from: 8g^2 j - 12g^3 hj

I'm really confused I've looked in the book and I can not find an example of this problem anywhere.

**MathMan** · July 7th 2005, 03:52 PM

i think what you mean is:
$8g^2j - 12g^3hj$

If that is the case then it is pretty easy to factor out a 4g.
You would get:
$2gj - 3g^2hj$
You simply divide by 4g.

**Hayabusa** · July 7th 2005, 04:29 PM

Thanks for the help.

**MathGuru** · July 7th 2005, 05:10 PM

Just to be more precise:

$8g^2j - 12g^3hj$

to factor out 4g you would write the following:

$4g[2gj - 3g^2hj]$

**Hayabusa** · July 7th 2005, 05:14 PM

Thank you all once again for the help.

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