Question
You have 72 red beads, 120 white beads and 192 blue beads. You want to
use all the beads to make bracelets that have red, white and blue beads on
each. What is the largest number of bracelets you can make?
use all the beads to make bracelets that have red, white and blue beads on
each. What is the largest number of bracelets you can make?
Answers
oobleck
72 = 2^3 * 3^2
120 = 2^3 * 3 * 5
192 = 2^6 * 3
so GCF(72,120,92) = 2^3 * 3 = 24
so, 24 bracelets will each have
3 red
5 white
8 blue
120 = 2^3 * 3 * 5
192 = 2^6 * 3
so GCF(72,120,92) = 2^3 * 3 = 24
so, 24 bracelets will each have
3 red
5 white
8 blue