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Two tankers contain `850` litres and `680` litres of petrol respectively. Find the maximum capacity of a container which can measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of times.

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Clearly, the maximum capacity of the container is the HCF of `850 and 680` in litres.
So, Let us find the HCF of `850 `and` 680` by Euclids algorithm.
Clearly, HCF of` 850` and `680 is 170.`
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