Question

'Find the highest common factor of 32, 48 and 72. show your working'

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Answer 1

HCF(32,48,72) = 8

Explanation:

We have ,

32 = 2×2×2×2×2 =

48 = 2×2×2×2×3 = 2⁴×3¹

72 = 2×2×2×3×3 = 2³×3²

Now,

HCF(32,48,72) = 2³ = 8

/* Product of the smallest power of each common prime factors of the numbers */