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Can two numbers have 16 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.

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NO

LCM should be divisible by HCF since HCF is the common factor of both the numbers.

But, in this case 380 is not divisible by 16

Therefore,

The two numbers are not possible which have 16 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM

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