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Sherman goes golfing every 6th day and Brad goes golfing every 7th day. If Sherman and Brad both went golfing tofay, how many days until they will go golfing on the same day again?

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To find this, you just have to multiply them until they land on a common number.
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42

The answer is 42 days.
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Answer: At 42nd day, Sherman and Brad will go golfing together again.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Sherman goes golfing every 6th day ,

And,

Brad goes golfing every 7th day,

According to question, if Sherman and Brad both went golfing today,

We need to find the "Day at which they will go golfing together again" .

For this we need to find the first common multiple of 6 and 7 which is given by


6* 7=42

Hence,

At 42nd day, Sherman and Brad will go golfing together again.


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