If the HCF of two natural numbers whose sum is 216 is 12, how many such pairs exist?
Answer: 3 pairs
Explanation:
Let the two number be 12a and 12b where a and b are relatively prime.
Then 12a + 12b = 216
a + b = 18
Now, this boils down to finding out all possible ways of writing 18 as a sum of two natural numbers co-prime to each other.
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a
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b
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17
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1
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ü
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16
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2
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X
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15
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3
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X
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14
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4
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X
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13
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5
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ü
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12
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6
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X
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11
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7
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ü
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10
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8
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X
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9
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9
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X
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