SOLUTION: MAT 145: Topics In Contemporary Math Use GCF or LCM to find each of the following. 1) In one college class, there are 28 students taking the class for a grade and 20 taking

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Question 1191946: MAT 145: Topics In Contemporary Math
Use GCF or LCM to find each of the following.
1) In one college class, there are 28 students taking the class for a grade and 20 taking it
pass-fail. The instructor wants to assign groups for a project, and has two requirements:
every group should contain only students with the same grouping option, and all the
groups should have the same number of students. What’s the greatest number of students
they can place in each group?
Answer by ikleyn(52795) About Me  (Show Source):
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The greatest number of students the instructor can place in each group 

is the greatest common factor (GCF) of the numbers 28 and 20


    GCF(28,20) = 4.    ANSWER

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