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Find the GCF of 32a, 48b, and 16ab

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The common factors for 32,48 are 1,2,4,8,16 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 . The numbers do not contain any common variable factors. The GCF (HCF) of the numerical factors 1,2,4,8,16 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 is 16 . The greatest would be 16
Answer is 16
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16 is the answer. All 3 numbers can be divided by 16 at most. It can’t be 16a because 48b does not have a. It can’t be 16b because 32a does not have b.
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