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Fred has 36 strawberries and 42 blueberries he wants to use them to garnish does desert so that each desert has the same number of berries but only one type of berry he wants as much fruit as possible on his on each desert how many berries will you put on each dessert how many desserts with each type of fruit will he have

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The common denominator for 36 and 42 is 6. That is why there will be 6 berries on each desert, and there will be 6 strawberry and 7 blueberry deserts.
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