Question

Melissa bought 42 pine seedlings and 30 juniper seedlings

to plant in rows on her tree farm. She wants each row to
have the same number of seedlings. She wants only one
type of seedling in each row. What is the greatest number of
seedlings she can plant in each row? How many rows of each
type
of tree will there be?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

GCF (greatest common factor ) of 42 and 30 is 6

each row will have 6 seedlings

there will be ( 42+30) / 6 = 12 rows

7 pine rows 5 juniper rows