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A wholesaler in Delhi packs 396 pens and 540 pencils into boxes so that every box has the same number of pens and the same number of pencils, with nothing left over. What is the largest number of boxes she can fill?

Class 10Fundamental Theorem of ArithmeticNumber Systems
  • A32
  • B36
  • C72
  • D40

Step-by-Step Solution

Largest number of boxes = HCF(396, 540). 5. HCF = .
Answer: B) 36

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