document.write( "Question 207559: How do I figure out the Greatest Common Factor of a pair of integers? here is my problem
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document.write( "12 & 18 find the GCF
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document.write( "how do I do it?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #156951 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! figure out the Greatest Common Factor of a pair of integers? here is my problem \n" ); document.write( "12 & 18 find the GCF \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "1st: Write each number in its prime-factored form: \n" ); document.write( "12 = 2^2*3 \n" ); document.write( "18 = 2*3^2 \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "2nd: Determine the common power of each different prime value \n" ); document.write( "For 2 that is 2^1 \n" ); document.write( "For 3 that is 3^1 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "3rd: The GCF is the product: 2*3 = 6 \n" ); document.write( "========================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |