</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.
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We can choose unit fractions with denominators between 8 and 10, separated by (10-8)/5 = 0.4 units:
1/8.4 = 5/42
1/8.8 = 5/44
1/9.2 = 5/46
1/9.6 = 5/48
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<em>Check</em>
1/8 = 0.125
5/42 ≈ 0.119
5/44 ≈ 0.114
5/46 ≈ 0.109
5/48 ≈ 0.104
1/10 = 0.100
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<em>Additional comment</em>
There are an infinite number of such fractions. We are given unit fractions with different denominators, so it works reasonably well to choose denominators between those given. Then the trick is to convert the fraction to a ratio of integers. In this case, multiplying by (5/5) does the trick.
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Another approach is to write the fractions with a common denominator, then choose numerators between the ones given. For example, 1/10 = 4/40, and 1/8 = 5/40, so you could write some fractions with numerators between 4 and 5. Possibilities are 4.1/40 = 41/400, 4.3/40 = 43/400, 4.7/40 = 47/400, 4.9/40 = 49/400.
