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rajan has two coloured ropes of lengths 720 cm and 540 cm. if he is cutting them into pieces of equal length, what is the greatest possible length of each equal piece so that there is no wastage?​
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rajan has two coloured ropes of lengths 720 cm and 540 cm. if he is cutting them into pieces of equal length, what is the greatest possible length of each equal piece so that there is no wastage?​

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Common factors:
30
60
90
180

180x4 =720
180x3 = 540

Greatest possible length is 180cm



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