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When the greatest common divisor and least common multiple of two integers are multiplied, their product is 200. How many different values could be the greatest common divisor of the two integers

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Answer:

k = 1 or 2 or 5 or 10

Explanation:

Suppose GCD is k, 2 numbers are kA and kB

LCM is k*A*B,

GCD*LCM: k*(k*A*B) = 200

k² * A*B = 200

A*B could be 1 , 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 200

k² (k is integer) could be 1, 4, 25, 100

k = 1 or 2 or 5 or 10

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