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Emily is trying to rewrite 45 - 27 as the product of the GCF of the two numbers and

a difference. Will this work? Explain.

Emily is trying to rewrite 45 - 27 as the product of the GCF of the two numbers and-example-1
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No, it won’t work. The greatest common factor between 45 and 27 is 9, but 45-27=18. So it cannot work.
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