Math, asked by sudheerking005, 1 year ago

HCFof 180670 and 2937

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Answered by kvnmurty

180670 = 18037 * 5 * 2

HCF(18067, 2937) :
18067 = 2937 * 6 + 445

2937 = 445 * 6 + 267

445 = 267 * 1 + 178

267 = 178 + 89
178 = 2 * 89

89 does not have any factors like 5 or 2.

So 89 will be the highest common factor of both.

Answered by gautamisahoo

The factors of 180670 are:1,2,5,7,29,89,180670
The factors of 2937 are :1,3,11,89 , 2937
We have the HCF as 89

gautamisahoo: Mark as the best

kvnmurty: finding 89 , 29 as factors - is it not some what difficult ?

gautamisahoo: yes, it was. but i used calculator

kvnmurty: that is not expected in exams. so procedure has to be different.

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