Friday, December 31, 2021

2021/116) If the product of two numbers is 2,400 and their LCM is 96, then what is their HCF?

The question is ill formed because

Product = 2400

LCM = 96

So HCF = $\frac{product}{LCM} = \frac{2400}{96}=25$

But LCM has to be a multiple of HCF . ths is so because LCM is a multiple of each of the numbers and each number is multiple of HCF

As 25 does not divide 96. so the problem is incorrect, or this case is not possible 

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