Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M
Six bells commence tolling together and toll at the intervals of 2,4,6,8,10,12 seconds resp. In 60 minutes how many times they will toll together.
To express any fraction in simple (small form), we have to find the HCF of numerator and denominator. 1095)1168(1 1095 73)1095(15 1095 ——— 0 HCF of 1095 and 1168 is 73Therefore (1168/73)/(1095/73) = 16/15
The greatest number that will divide 172,205 and 304 leaving the same remainder in each case is HCF ((205-172), (304-205), (304-172)) = HCF of 33, 99, and 132 33=31x11 99=3 x 3 x 11 132=3 x 2 x 2 x11 Required number =3 x 11=33
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