At her health club, Lauren uses a treadmill every 2 days and the weight machines every 8 days. She used a treadmill on March 2 a

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At her health club, Lauren uses a treadmill every 2 days and the weight machines every 8 days. She used a treadmill on March 2 a

nd will use the weight machines on March 8. Lauren says that the first time she will use both a treadmill and the weight machines in March is March 16 because the LCM of 2 and 8 is 16.Does Lauren’s reasoning make sense? Use an example or a counter example to explain your analysis.

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Sedbober [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-19T02:04:06+03:00

Sedbober [7]2 years ago

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Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

The Least common multiple (LCM) shows when the two over lap first.