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Verify that by dividing 15, 12, and 24 by 3, the quotients turned out to be prime numbers.​

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The greatest common factor of 15, 12, and 24 is 3, since


\bold{15 = 3 * 5}


\bold{12 = 3 * 4}


\bold{24 = 3 * 8}

Therefore, there is no number greater than 3 that is a common divisor of 15, 12 and 24.

If we divide 15, 12 and 24 by 3 we get:


\bold{15 : 3 = 5}


\bold{12 : 3 = 4}


\bold{24 : 3 = 8}

The greatest common factor of 5,4, and 8 is I, since there is no number greater than I that is a factor of 15, 12, and 24.

So, let's observe that the result is
\bold{3 : 3 = 1}

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