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OpenStudy (anonymous):
What is the greatest common divisor of 108, 72, and 48?
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OpenStudy (freckles):
well lets look at gcd(108,72)
do you know how to write the prime factorization for 108 and 72?
OpenStudy (freckles):
or do you want to use euclidean's algoritm
OpenStudy (anonymous):
What is the second one and the first one?!?!?!?!?
im only in sixth grade EVERYTHING is confusing
OpenStudy (freckles):
well we can write the prime factorization for 108 and 72
OpenStudy (freckles):
euclidean's algorithm is normally thought in advanced math classes
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OpenStudy (freckles):
taught*
OpenStudy (freckles):
you know what a prime number is?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes
OpenStudy (freckles):
ok so can you write the prime factorization for 108?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
um just a sec let me think
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
2^2.3^3?!?!?!?!?!?
OpenStudy (freckles):
good job
let's just compare the first two numbers for right now
108=2(54)=2(6)(9)=2(2)(3)(3)(3)
72=8(9)=(2)(2)(2)(3)(3)
OpenStudy (freckles):
how many pairs of 2's do they have in common?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
one
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i think
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OpenStudy (freckles):
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