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What is the least common multiple and the greatest common factor of the numbers 72 and 16

User Meteorpoly
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

count your 8's

User Rcout
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16: 2222
72: 222 33
LCM: 222233

The Least Common Multiple (LCM) is: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x3

And the greatest common factor of 16 and 17 is 8 because
8x2=16
8x9=72


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