SOLUTION: Find the Greatest Common Factor of the numbers or monomials. <b>45,75 Any help with this equation would be greatly appreciated:)

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Question 108547: Find the Greatest Common Factor of the numbers or monomials.
45,75
Any help with this equation would be greatly appreciated:)
Answer by HyperBrain(694) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's divide and divide...
45%2F75=%2845%2F5%29%2F%2875%2F5%29=9%2F15
9%2F15=%289%2F3%29%2F%2815%2F3%29=3%2F5

Since we divided by 5 and 3, the GCF of 45 and 75 is 3%2A5=15

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