Given:
27y and 54y³
To find:
The highest common factor (HCF) using prime factorization.
Solution:
We have,
27y and 54y³
Using the prime factorization, we get
[tex]27y=3\cdot 3\cdot 3\cdot y[/tex]
[tex]54y^3=2\cdot 3\cdot 3\cdot 3\cdot y\cdot y\cdot y[/tex]
Now, the common prime factors are 3, 3, 3 and y. So,
[tex]HCF=3\cdot 3\cdot 3\cdot y[/tex]
[tex]HCF=27y[/tex]
Therefore, the highest common factor of the given terms is 27y.
