SOLUTION: The GCf of two numbers is 850. Neither number is divisible by the other. What is the smallest that these two numbers could be?

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Question 28863: The GCf of two numbers is 850. Neither number is divisible by the other. What is the smallest that these two numbers could be?
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The smallest the two numbers could be are 2 x GCF and 3 x GCF.
The numbers would therefore be 1700 and 2550.

Note If one number could be divisible by the other then the smallest numbers would be 850 and 1700.