</span>The <span>common factors</span><span> for </span><span>32,48</span><span> are </span><span><span>−16,−8,−4,−2,−1,1,2,4,8,16</span>.</span><span>−16,−8,−4,−2,−1,1,2,4,8,16 </span> The GCF<span> of numerical </span>factors <span>−16,−8,−4,−2,−1,1,2,4,8,16</span><span> is </span><span>16.
Turn each number into the product of it's prime factors.
32=16x2=2x2x2x2x2=2^5
48=24*2=6x4x2=2x3x2x2x2
Pick the highest number that occurs. In this case it is 2. Now we have to see how many times it appears in both. It appears 5 times in 32 and 4 times in 48. 4 is the highest number of times it appears in the numbers so:
2^4=2x2x2x2=16
The Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 32 and 48 is 16.
If you think about it hard enough, and look at it real hard, you can see. Think of like a capital L. 7 tall and 7 wide. I'm not sure but thats what I think.
1. Each value of temperature is lower than the one previous, so we can say the temperature is decreasing. We also notice that the rate of decrease is getting smaller, possibly because the temperature is approaching a horizontal asymptote.
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2. The horizontal axis, where temperature is plotted, is conventionally called the x-axis.
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3. The label on the vertical axis is "temperature" and the graph title is "cooling a hot drink ...", so we presume the dependent variable is the temperature of a hot drink.
