What is the greatest common factor of 18 and 48?

1 Answer
Mar 13, 2017

#GCF(18,48)=color(green)(6)#

Explanation:

#{: (18=," | ",,9," | ",,3," | "), ("common factor:"," | ",color(red)2xx,," | ",color(red)3xx,," | "), (48=," | ",,24," | ",,8," | ") :}#

the greatest common factor is the product of the common factors:
# color(white)("XXX")2xx3=6#