Answer:
46 = 2 • 23
50 = 2 • 52
48 = 24 • 3
Greatest Common Factor is :
2
Step-by-step explanation:
The gcf of 46 and 48 can be obtained like this:
The factors of 46 are 46, 23, 2, 1.
The factors of 48 are 48, 24, 16, 12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
The common factors of 46 and 48 are 2, 1, intersecting the two sets above.
In the intersection factors of 46 ∩ factors of 48 the greatest element is 2.
Therefore, the greatest common factor of 46 and 48 and 50 is 2.
Taking the above into account you also know how to find all the common factors of 46 and 48, not just the greatest. In the next section we show you how to calculate the gcf of forty-six and forty-eight by means of two more methods.
