Phillip R. answered • 09/15/14
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it could be 8, 16, 32, 40, 56, or 64
but not 24 or 48
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asked • 09/15/14The greatest common factor of 72 and _______ is 8, and the answer is not 8 or 16. what is the lowest number we could be looking for?
I have a student that came up with some word problems for me and I couldn't figure this one out..... how embarrassing! please help ASAP.
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Matt H. answered • 09/15/14
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What are these letters doing in my equations? Here comes algebra!
well, 8 is a factor of 8, 16, 24, etc--but if the rule says you can't use 8 or 16, maybe he/she is talking about 24? that would be the lowest possible number (at least when talking about positive whole numbers).
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Phillip R.
09/15/14