Question

Janice and Jasmine were each given a piece of ribbon of equal length. Janice cuts her ribbons into equal lengths of 2 m, while Jasmine cuts her ribbons into equal lengths of 5 m. If there was no remainder in both cases, find the shortest possible length of ribbon given to them. *​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans. 10

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we have to take the LCM of 5 and 2. As the Lowest common multiple of 5 and 2 is 10, if both Jasmine and Janice are given 10m ribbon they will be able to cut under the given condition without any remainder.

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