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Using prime factorization, find the HCF and LCM of30, 72, 432

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30 = 2 × 3 × 5 

72 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 = 23 × 32 

432 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 24 × 33 

HCF = product of smallest power of each common prime factor in the numbers = 2 × 3 = 6 

LCM = product of greatest power of each prime factor involved in the numbers = 24 × 33 × 5 = 2160



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