Question

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2) The traffic lights at three different road crossing change after every 48 seconds, 72
seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 7 am, at
what time will they change simultaneously again?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

they will change at once in LCM of 48,72,108 sec

Lcm of 48,72,108=864 sec=14 mint 24sec

so they will change after 7 hr 14 mints 24sec

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Answer 2

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If the traffic lights change simultaneously at 8 a.m, then they will change simultaneously again after the LCM of the duration i.e. 48 s, 72 s and 108 s.

LCM of these durations by prime factorisation

• 48 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 = 2⁴ × 3
• 72 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 = 2³ × 3²
• 108 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 2² × 3³

LCM of 48, 72 and 108 is 2⁴ × 3³ = 432 seconds.

Hence, They will change after 432 seconds i.e. 7 minutes 12 seconds.

The traffic lights will change after:

8 am + 7 minutes 12 seconds

08 : 07 : 12 am