Question

carpenter has two lengths of wood; one is 108cm long and the other is

72cm long. He wants to cut them up to produce smaller pieces of wood to build a

shelving unit so they all need to be of the same length, with no wood left over.

What is the greatest length in cm, that he can make the shelves​

Answer 1

Answer:

36 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of first wood:108 cm

Length of second wood:72 cm

We have to ring the greatest length so the carpenter can do the shelf’s

Greatest length: h•c•f of 108 and 72

=36

Greatest length = 36 cm