SOLUTION: The greatest common factor of 72 and X is 3. The least common multiple of 72 and X is 1800. What must be true?
a) X is less than 72
b) X is multiple of 5.
c) X is a multiple o
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-> SOLUTION: The greatest common factor of 72 and X is 3. The least common multiple of 72 and X is 1800. What must be true?
a) X is less than 72
b) X is multiple of 5.
c) X is a multiple o
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Question 234957: The greatest common factor of 72 and X is 3. The least common multiple of 72 and X is 1800. What must be true?
a) X is less than 72
b) X is multiple of 5.
c) X is a multiple of 72.
d) X is a factor of 3.
e) X is even
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Probably the easiest way to solve this is to understand the relationship that exists between the LCM and GCF of two numbers. (Important: This only applies to two numbers, not 3, 4, etc.)
If our two numbers are a and b:
LCM = (a*b)/GCF
Putting the numbers (and x) from your problem we get:
which simplifies to:
Solving this (by dividing both sides by 24):
From this we can see that (a), (c), (d) and (e) are not true. Only (b) is true.
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