Question

Jodie bought some shirts for $6 each. Marge bought some shirts for $8 each. The girls spent the same amount of money on shirts. What is the least amount they could have spent

Answer 1

Answer:

      " The least common amount they could have spent = $ 24 "

Step-by-step explanation:

The price of shirts that Jodie bought = $6 per shirt

The price of shirts that Marge bought = $8 per shirt

⇒ Given that both of them spent the same amount of money on shirts.

Now

Prime factors of 6 = 2 × 3

Prime factors of 8 = 2 × 2 × 2

LCM of 6 & 8 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3       (One 2 is common in both)

LCM of 6 & 8 = 24

   " The least common amount they could have spent = $ 24 "

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