maths questions help please.......... In a school library there are 780 books of English and 364 books of science. The librarian wants to store these books in shelves such that each shelf would have the same number of books of each subject. What should be the minimum number of books in each shelf?
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Number of english books in the
Library = 780
Number of scince books = 364
We have to find HCF of 780 and 364
364 ) 780 ( 2
728
__________
52 ) 364 ( 7
364
_____________
0
Divisor in this stage is the HCF
of 780 and 364
Therefore,
The librrarian to store english and science
books in shelves such that each shelf
would have the same number
of each subject.
780 = 52 × 15
364 = 52 × 7
Each shelf contains 15 english and 7 science
books .
Number of such shelfs = 52
I hope this helps you.
:)
Number of english books in the
Library = 780
Number of scince books = 364
We have to find HCF of 780 and 364
364 ) 780 ( 2
728
__________
52 ) 364 ( 7
364
_____________
0
Divisor in this stage is the HCF
of 780 and 364
Therefore,
The librrarian to store english and science
books in shelves such that each shelf
would have the same number
of each subject.
780 = 52 × 15
364 = 52 × 7
Each shelf contains 15 english and 7 science
books .
Number of such shelfs = 52
I hope this helps you.
:)
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