Question
What is the H.C.F of two consecutive numbers?
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Answer
The HCF of two consecutive numbers is 1.
Example:
D = 4 and d= 5 are two consecutive numbers.
Here, we have dividend = 5 and divisor = 4
Clearly, the last divisor is 1.
Hence, HCF of 4 and 5 is 1.
Example:
D = 4 and d= 5 are two consecutive numbers.
Here, we have dividend = 5 and divisor = 4
Clearly, the last divisor is 1.
Hence, HCF of 4 and 5 is 1.
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