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Explain how to use prime numbers to find a greatest common factor.

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Answer:

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Explanation:

Here's how to find the GCF of a set of numbers, using prime factorization:

List the prime factors of each number.

Circle every common prime factor — that is, every prime factor that's a factor of every number in the set.

Multiply all the circled numbers. The result is the GCF.

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