Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Algorithms - Section 5.2 - Algorithm Representation - Questions & Exercises - Page 228: 3

Answer

The Euclidean algorithm.

Work Step by Step

The Euclidean algorithm finds the greatest common divisor of two positive integers X and Y by the following process: $X ←$ the larger input; $Y ← $the smaller input; while (Y not zero) do (Remainder ← remainder after dividing X by Y; $X ← Y$; $Y ← Remainder$); $GCD ← X$
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