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A factory makes Jars in batches of 160 and lids in batches of 216. The next puts the jars in a row, fills them and then attaches the lid. They want to make the largest row possible so the jars and lids are divided evenly by the rows. What is the largest row possible?

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Answer:

8 is the largest row possible

Explanation:

What this question is simply asking is to find the greatest common factor of 216 and 160

The greatest common factor of 216 and 160 is 8

So what this mean is that the largest row possible is 8

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