The glee club has a set of 48 classical cds and a set of 42 show tune cds. each set can be divided equally among the club member

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tiny-mole [99]

3 years ago

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The glee club has a set of 48 classical cds and a set of 42 show tune cds. each set can be divided equally among the club member

s. what is the greatest possible number of club members?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Hoochie [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-08T13:57:45+03:00

Hoochie [10]3 years ago

6 0

We have to find the GCF (Greatest Common Factor) of 48 and 42 here...

Factors of 48:
1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48

Factors of 42:
1,2,3,6,7,14,21,42

The largest common factor of these two numbers is 6.

So, there can be a maximum of 6 members in the club..

Hope this helped!

Alja [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-08T16:09:50+03:00

Alja [10]3 years ago

3 0

We have to find the GCF (Greatest Common Factor) of 48 and 42 here...

Factors of 48:
1,2,3,4,6,8,12,16,24,48

Factors of 42:
1,2,3,6,7,14,21,42

The largest common factor of these two numbers is 6.

So, there can be a maximum of 6 members in the club..