Chad buys peanuts in a 2 pound bag. he repackages them into bags that hold 5/6 pound of peanuts. how many 2 pund bags of peanuts

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liraira [26]

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Chad buys peanuts in a 2 pound bag. he repackages them into bags that hold 5/6 pound of peanuts. how many 2 pund bags of peanuts

should chad buy so that he can fill the 5/6 pound bag without having any peanuts left.

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kati45 [8] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-27T00:09:22+03:00

This item is basically asking us the least number that can be divided by 5/6 and 2 which will give whole numbers as answers for both. That, in short term, it is asking us the least common multiple of the two numbers. The least multiple of 5 and 6 is 10. When we divide 10 by 2, we get an answer of 5. Therefore, the Chad should buy 5 2-pound bags.