To find the HCF of two numbers you first need to write them as the product of their prime factors:
52 = 2x2x13
96 = 2x2x2x2x2x3
The next step is to identify any common prime factors. In this case, both numbers have two 2s as prime factors. Multiply these and you get:
2x2 = 4
Thus the HCF of 52 and 96 is 4.
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