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the beacon on a cell phone tower blinks every 5 seconds and the beacon on the water tower blinks every 8 seconds. the lights blink together. how many seconds will pass before the two lights blink together again

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40 seconds that's the multiple
User Esparver
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to figure this out do 8*5 and get 40. They will blink together every 40 seconds.
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