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Question
Can two numbers have 12 as their HCF and 512 as their LCM? Justify your answer.
Solution
No, they cannot have 512 as their L.C.M.
We know that the H.C.F. is one of the factors of the L.C.M. Here, 3, which is a factor of 12, is not a factor of 512.
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