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What is the HCF of 36 and 60?
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Answer:

12

Explanation:

Express the numbers as a product of their prime factors

36 = 2² × 3²

60 = 2² × 3 × 5

Identify those prime factors that both numbers have in common and multiply them.

The common factors are 2² and 3 , thus

GCF = 2² × 3 = 4 × 3 = 12

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Answer:

Common factors are }1,2,3,4,6,12} . Hence Greatest Common Factor is 12.

Explanation:

simple common factors of 36 and 60.

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