pencils come in packages of 10. Erasers come in packages of 12. phillip wants to purchase the smallest number of pencils and era

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3 years ago

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sers so that he will have exactly 1 erasers per pencil. how packages of pencils ad erasers should phillip buy?

2 answers:

Dvinal [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-18T21:44:12+03:00

Dvinal [7]3 years ago

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The answer isn't 120 but it is 60 because it asks for the LCM not GCF because 60 goes into 12 and 10 as well.

iVinArrow [24] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-18T20:42:56+03:00

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120 packages of pencils and erasers. 120 is the GCF. 10 × 20 = 120