Question

The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 84 and 21 respectively. If the ratio of the two numbers are in the ratio is 1:4. The larger number is:

Answer 1

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The larger number is $<b>84</b>$.
Because, the HCF and LCM themselves are in the ratio 1:4.

The HCF of any two numbers where one number is a multiple of the other, the HCF is the smaller number. Whereas, in the same case, the LCM is always the larger number.

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