I don't understand this math equation?

Question

Factor the polynomial completely.

x⁶+36x⁴y²

Answer 1

Okay, so we look for what they have in common... they both have x's. I can only pull out the smallest # of x's they share, which is x⁴. So our problem looks like...

x⁴(x²+36y²)... and that is all you can do.