SOLUTION: The GCF of two number is 4 and their sum is 12 .What are the two numbers?

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Question 1102078: The GCF of two number is 4 and their sum is 12 .What are the two numbers?
Answer by htmentor(1343)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answer can easily be found by examining the possible combinations.
The combinations of two numbers which sum to 12 are 1,11 2,10 3,9 4,8 5,7 and 6,6
The only pair which has a GCF of 4 is 4,8
So the two numbers are 4 and 8.

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