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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 pen…

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 pen…
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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 pencil. How many pencils and erasers should Philip buy

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Philip should buy 60 packages of pencils and erasers.

User Doug
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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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