Shakira is baking cookies to put in packages for a fundraiser. Shakira has made 86 chocolate chip cookies and 42 sugar cookies.
Shakira wants to create identical packages of cookies to sell, and she must use all of the cookies.
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Find the prime factors
86 = 2 x 43
42 = 2 x 3 x 7
Find the HCF:
HCF = 2
Find the number of cookies in each package:
chocolate cookies = 86 ÷ 2 = 43
Sugar cookies = 42 ÷ 2 = 21
Answer: 2 identical package with 43 chocolate cookies and 21 sugar cookies.
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