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If you have the 1st number and HCF of a question and need 2nd number how will you find the 2nd number

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First, divide the large number by a small number.
If the remainder is left, then divide the first divisor by remainder.
If the remainder divides the first divisor completely, then it is the HCF or highest common factor of the given two numbers.
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