Question

If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3, where x, y are prime numbers, then HCF(a, b) is *

a) xy

b) x3y3

c) x2y2

d) xy2​

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Just compare the two terms and as we can see xy^2 is common here so that is the hcf for this case.