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Question 909087: There are two whole numbers that have greatest common factor of 16. The sum of these two numbers is 384. what are these two numbers

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if they have greatest common factor of ,both are divisible by
so, let's numbers be and
if first one is , then next one must be which is equal to

if the sum of these two numbers is , we have
...solve for



so, your numbers are and
check their sum:

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