Question

When 56 is written as a product of prime factors, the result is 2" x b, where a and b are positive
Integers. Find the value of a and b.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

HCF by using the prime factorization method.

Step1:

Find the prime factorization of each of the number

Step2:

The product of all common prime factor is the HCF

Here,

⇒a=x×x×y×y

⇒b=x×y×y

common Factors are x×y×y

Thus ,

HCF(a,b)=xy

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