Patsy has cheer-leading practice every fourth day. She wants to be in the school play, but they have practice every sixth day. If both start on September 5th, what would be the next date she has to choose between cheer-leading and play practice? Explain.
This is really confusing me, please help!
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First, you need to find the least common multiple, which is 12. Then you need to count on 12 school days from September 5th. So say that the 5th is on a Monday, so the next day would be the 6th, then Tuesday would be the 7th, and so forth.So keep counting. So the next time she needs to choose between cheer-leading and play practice would be the 21st. Hope this helped (:
Oh. Thank you for helping me :D