There are two numbers. One of them is 84. Their Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) is 3780 and their Greatest Common Factor (GCF) is 12. What is the other number?
3 Answers
The second number would be the product of 45 and 12
540
Explanation:
Dividing 3780 by 84 gives one of the common factors of 84 and the second number.
The HCF = 12 so the second number has factors of 45 and 12
Explanation:
we have
to find
we have the well known relationship
The other number is
Explanation:
For any questions involving HCF and LCM,find each number as the product of the prime factors. That will tell you what you are working with.
The other number cannot have
The other number is therefore