Bubbles bakery has 24 oatmeal cookies, 36 vanilla bean cookies, 42 chocolate chip cookies. What is the greatest common factor bubbles bakery can use to divide the cookies into equal groups

Answer:6Step-by-step explanation:We have three groups of cookies as follows:24   oatmeal36   vanilla bean42  chocolate chipIf we breack down into factors we get24    2       24 = 2³ * 3        36    2   36 = 2²*3³         42   2   42 = 2*3*712     2                                 18    2                              21   36      2                                   9    3                                7   73      3                                   3    3                                11                                             1Fom where we can get that biggest common factor is 624 ÷  6      =  436 ÷  6      =  642 ÷  6      =  7Then Bakery will have  4 groups of oatmeal cookies, 6 of vanilla bean, and 7 chocolate chip