What will be the HCF of (45) and (75)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (15)
Step 1: (45=3^2\times5) and (75=3\times5^2). Step 2: Take the smaller powers of the common prime factors (3) and (5). Step 3: (3\times5=15), so the HCF is (15).
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(15)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: (45=3^2\times5) and (75=3\times5^2). Step 2: Take the smaller powers of the common prime factors (3) and (5). Step 3: (3\times5=15), so the HCF is (15).
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.