Assuming the second even number is equal to 4 or greater, than the highest common factor of the two numbers is equal to an even number 2 or greater.
Why can't an odd factor be used? Any odd factor must be multiplied by (at least) 2 to create an even product (ie. the 1st even number). That same odd factor must be multiplied by (at least 2) and any other number to create a 2nd even product, thereby making the Greatest Common Factor (at least) 2 times the odd number....which is an even number.
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Of course not. In fact, the greatest common factor of two odd numbers is never 2.-- 2 is never a factor of any odd number.-- The greatest common factor of the odd numbers 651 and 1,085 is 217.
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The greatest common factor of the numbers 16 and 56 is 8.
The greatest common factor of the numbers 323 and 391 is 17.