Use Euclid's division lemma to find the HCF of $40$ and $248$ .

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Solution

The correct option is C $8$
Here, $a = 248$ and $b = 40$
by using Euclid's division lemma,
$a = b q + r$ ; $0 \leq r < b$
$248 = 40 \times 6 + 8$
$40 = 8 \times 5 + 0$
$∴ H . C . F (40, 248) = 8$
hence option $D$ is correct.

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