Question
Sonali bought 24 red beans, 32 yellow beads and 48 blue beads to be made into necklaces. If they are to be made into necklaces such that there is an equal number of red, yellow and blue beads in every necklace and no bead remaining after they are made into necklace, what is the maximum number of such necklaces that can be made?
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oobleck
GCD(24,32,48) = 8
So, 8 necklaces, each with 3,4,6 of the respective colors.
So, 8 necklaces, each with 3,4,6 of the respective colors.