Question

A merchant has 320 litres of type A oil and 480 litres of type B oil. He wants to sell oil by filling the two types of oil in tins of equal volumes. what is the greatest volume of such a tin in litres?
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To find such common greatest capacity, we have to find the HCF HCF of 320,360,480 is 40 so largest capacity of such Tim's possible is 401itre tins

Answer 2

Answer:

160

Step-by-step explanation:

find the HCF of the numbers 320 and 480

HCF means breaking each number down to its prime factors and multiplying the common factors of BOTH the numbers. in this case it's 160