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Mary sells boxes of cookies for $4 each. Jim sells boxes of cookies for $10 each. Each of them sold the same dollar amount. It was the smallest dollar amount for which this was possible.

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If mary sells 5 boxes and Jim sells 2 boxes, the smallest dollar amount is $20

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Least common multiple = 20

4 * 5 = 20

10 * 2 = 20

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