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Renu purchases two bags of fertilizer of weights75 kg and69 kg. Find the maximum value of weight which can measure the weight of the fertilizer an exact number of times.


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Solution

Weight of the first fertilizer bag = 75 kgs

Weight of the second fertilizer bag =69 kgs

The H.C.F of 75and69 is the highest weight that can evaluate the exact number of times of the fertilizer.

The highest Common Factor or HCF is the largest common divisor or gcd of two or more positive integers, as the mathematics rules dictate, appears to be the largest positive integer that divides the numbers without leaving a remainder.

For finding maximum weight, we have to find H.C.F. of 75and 69

Factors of 75=3x5x5

Factors of69=3x23

H.C.F of 69 and 75 is 3

Hence, the maximum weight value is 3 kg, which can calculate the same number of times the weight of the fertilizer.


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