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You use the LCM when you want to add or subtract fraction and then you can use the HCF to simplify the result.
You may want to do this when budgeting: for example one quarter of your pay goes on rent, two fifths goes on food and drink, and so on. So how much of your pay is available for discretionary spending?
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Where do you use prime factorization in real life?
In finding the LCM or HCF of two or more numbers
Where do we use LCM AND HCF IN real time?
weighing scales
How is HCF and LCM help us in your daily life?
The HCF helps in simplifying fractions and the LCM helps in finding the lowest common denominator in fractions
What is the HCF and LCM of 70 and 72?
The HCF is: 2The LCM is: 2,520
What is the HCF and LCM of 42 and 84?
hcf = 42, lcm = 84.
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