Question

25 PTS!!EXTREMELY EXTREMELY URGENT!!!!!!!!! mr bloss bought 42 pine seedlings and 30 oak seedlings to plant in rows on his tree farm. he wants each row to have the same amount of seedlings. he wants only one type of seedling in each row
what is the greatest number of seedling he can plant in each row
how many rows of pine seedlings will there be
how many rows of oak seedlings will there be
MUST SHOW WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Step 1: make seedlings in each row equal, means find out the common factors of each kind of seedlings:
42 pine seedlings: 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21
30 oak seedlings: 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15

Step2: the greatest number of those seedlings above is 6, and the answers are as follows:
1/ greatest number of each row is 6
2/ pine: 42/ 6= 7; oak: 30/ 6= 5