In order to find the greatest common factor (GCF) of the terms, first let's factor the numeric values in their prime factors:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 32=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot2\\ \\ 36=2\cdot2\cdot3\cdot3\\ \\ 24=2\cdot2\cdot2\cdot3 \end{gathered}[/tex]
The common factor between these three numbers is the product of the common prime factors, that is, 2 * 2 = 4.
Now, to find the common factor of the variables, we choose for each variable the one with the smaller exponent:
[tex]\begin{gathered} m^5,m^6,m^5\rightarrow m^5\\ \\ n,n,n^2\rightarrow n\\ \\ \\ GCF=m^5n \end{gathered}[/tex]
Therefore the common factor is -4(m^5)n.
(we can put the negative signal as well, since all terms are negative).
