The Broad Street subway line express train stops at city hall every 9 minutes. The local train stops at the station every 12 min

Question

2 years ago

8

utes. If you arrived at the station just as both trains left, how long will you have to wait until they both arrive at the same time again?

2 answers:

dezoksy [38] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-15T00:22:34+03:00

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Answer:

36 Minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to find the lowest common multiple which you can do by listing the times tables for each number.

9,18,27,36,45,54

12,24,36,48,60,72

and finding the lowest multiple that matches.

Dmitry_Shevchenko [17] · Answer 2 · 2023-10-14T22:33:33+03:00

Both the train will meet after 36 minutes.

<h3>Concept:</h3>

To find when both the train will meet again at the same time, we need to find the LCM of the frequency.

<h3>How to solve the given question?</h3>

Thus, both the train will meet after 36 minutes.

Learn more about LCM here:

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