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Find the HCF and LCM of 32 and 48.

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Here we express the integers as the product of their irreducible (prime) factors.
32=2×2×2×2×2=25,
48=2×2×2×2=24×3.
Hence HCF=24=16 and LCM=25×3=32×3=96.

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