how many factors does the algebraic expression 8xy have?

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Answer 1

1, 8, x, y, 8x, 8y, xy, 8xy

there are 8 factors

there are 3 individual factors, 8, x, and y

2^3=8

if there were 4  individual factors, such as abcd, (a,b,c,d), then there would be 2^4=16 factors