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pencils come in a package of 10. Eraser come in a package of 12. Philip wants to purchase the smallest amount of pencil and eraser so that he'll have exactly 1 eraser per pencil how many packages of pencils and erasers should Phillip buy.

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he should buy 5 packs of erasers is 6 packs of pencils and both combined together will be 60
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Phillip should buy 5 packages of erasers so he will have 60 of them. Then he should buy six packs of pencils so he will have 60 of both pencils and erasers

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