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Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored topic wise and the height of each stack is the same. The number of English books is 96, the number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of Mathematics books is 336. Assuming that the books are of the same thickness, determine the number of stacks of English, Hindi and Mathematics books.

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To solve the problem of stacking the English, Hindi, and Mathematics books such that the height of each stack is the same, we need to find the highest common factor (HCF) of the number of books in each subject. Here’s a step-by-step solution: ### Step 1: Identify the number of books - English books: 96 - Hindi books: 240 - Mathematics books: 336 ### Step 2: Find the prime factorization of each number ...
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