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Find the greatest number which divides 125 and 245 leaving remainder 4and3 respectively.​

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4 would be the greatest number o-o
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User Kico Lobo
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Answer:

Explanation:

The number will be no larger than the square root of 125. Checking the results, the answer turns out to be 11

125/11 = 11.363636....

.3636363636..... * 11 = 4 just what we wanted.

245 / 11 = 22.2727272727....

.272727272727 ,,, * 11 = 3 just what the question asked for.

Is there anything larger? No. sqrt(125) is going to determine the limit of divisors that we can try.

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