Question

renu purchases two bags of fertiliser of weights 75kg and 69kg. find the value of weight which can measure the weight of the fertiliser exact number of times.

Answer 1

The HCF of both the numbers will be the answer-3

Answer 2

Prime Factor of 75 = 5 ×5 ×3Prime Factor of 69 = 3 ×23Highest Common Factors of 75 and 69 is 3∴ Hence 3kg is the maximum value of weight which can measure the weight of the fertiliser in both the bags weighing 75kg and 69kg respectively, exact number of times