Question

The product of two 2-digit numbers is 3774. What is the smaller of the two numbers?

Answer 1

Answer:

In factored form:  3774  =  2 · 3 · 17 · 37

Creating two two-digit numbers:  3 · 17  =  51  and 2 · 37  =  74.

So, the two numbers are:  51  and  74.

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