Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively If I need to buy an equal ...

Question

Two brands of chocolates are available in packs of 24 and 15 respectively If I need to buy an equal number of chocolates of both kinds what is the least number of boxes of each kind I would need to buy

Accepted Answer

From the question its given that A number of chocolates of 1st brand in a pack 24 Number of chocolates of 2nd brand in a pack 15 So the least number of both brands of chocolates that need to be purchased is given by their LCM LCM of 24 and 15 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 120 Hence the number of packets of the 1st brand to be bought 120 24 5 And the number of packets of 2nd brand to be bought 120 15 8

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