Pencils are in packages of 10. Erasers come in packages of 12. Phillip wants to purchase the smallest number of pencils and erasers so that he would have exactly 1 eraser per pe…

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Svoychik · Answer 1 · 2019-04-11T22:19:06+0000

The smallest number of pencils and erasers and 1 eraser per pencil so number of pencils and erasers are equal
*GCD( 12;10) = 60
So Philip buy 60÷12=5 packages of erasers
60÷10=6 packaes of pencils

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