Two tankers contains 760 litres and 1140 litres of petrol respectively. find the maximum capacity of container which can measure the petrol in exact number of time ?
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The capacity of required container will be obtained by finding the HCF of the capacity of tankers -
850 = 2×5×5×17
680 = 2×2×2×5×17
Common factors of 850 and 680 = {2,5,17}
HCF = 2×5×17
= 170
Answer) The container which can measure petrol of either tank exactly must be of 170 litres.
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