Highest common factor of 72 and 96

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Answer:

Explanation:

Prime Factorise 72:

$72=2*36\\72=2*2*18\\72=2*2*2*9\\72=2*2*2*3*3\\\\72=2^3*3^2$

Prime factorise 96:

$96=2*48\\96=2*2*24\\96=2*2*2*12\\96=2*2*2*2*6\\96=2*2*2*2*2*3\\96=2^5*3$

Multiply the common factors of
2^3*3^2 and
2^5*3 :

2^3*3=24

Paxic answered Jun 20, 2021

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