Question

Find the greatest common factors of the monomials.

$r{s}^3,t{s}^2,r^{2}s{t}^2$

Short answer

The greatest common factors of the monomial is s .

Step-by-step solution

Step -1 - Apply the concept of   GCF.

In this, simply use the concept of finding the GCF by doing the factors of the number and find the factor which is common and greatest from them.

Step -2 – Find the common factors

Here, the monomials are $r{s}^3,t{s}^2,r^{2}s{t}^2$.

The factor of $r{s}^3$ is

$r{s}^3=r\times s\times s\times s$

The factor of $t{s}^2$ is $t{s}^2=t\times s\times s$

The factor of $r^{2}s{t}^2$is $r^{2}s{t}^2=r\times r\times t\times t\times s$

Step -3 – Finding the GCF 

So, the greatest common factor is s.