One way is It could show the increase and decrease of an item and the seconded way is it could show how much it has increased or decreased over a period of time
The next step in his construction is part A
Answer:
3 12
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1 4
Step-by-step explanation:
We need to keep the relationship in the same order
3 ft 12 ft
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1 yd 4 yds
3 12
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1 4
There may be more brilliant solution than the following, but here are my thoughts.
We make use of Euclid's algorithm to help us out.
Consider finding the hcf of A=2^(n+x)-1 and B=2^(n)-1.
If we repeated subtract B from A until the difference C is less than B (smaller number), the hcf between A and B is the same as the hcf between B and C.
For example, we would subtract 2^x times B from A, or
C=A-2^xB=2^(n+x)-2^x(2^n-1)=2^(n+x)-2^(n+x)+2^n-1=2^n-1
By the Euclidean algorithm,
hcf(A,B)=hcf(B,C)=hcf(2^n-1,2^x-1)
If n is a multiple of x, then by repetition, we will end up with
hcf(A,B)=hcf(2^x-1,2^x-1)=2^x-1
For the given example, n=100, x=20, so
HCF(2^120-1, 2^100-1)=2^(120-100)-1=2^20-1=1048575
(since n=6x, a multiple of x).