What is the HCF of (72) and (120)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (24)
Step 1: (72=2^3\times3^2) and (120=2^3\times3\times5). Step 2: The smaller powers of common factors are (2^3) and (3). Step 3: (8\times3=24), so the HCF is (24).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(24)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: (72=2^3\times3^2) and (120=2^3\times3\times5). Step 2: The smaller powers of common factors are (2^3) and (3). Step 3: (8\times3=24), so the HCF is (24).
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Real Numbers. Topic: HCF and LCM using prime factorisation.