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. Hot dogs come in packs of 8. Hot dog rolls come in packs of 12. What is the least number of packs of each Shawn should buy to have enough to serve 24 people and have none left over?
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. Hot dogs come in packs of 8. Hot dog rolls come in packs of 12. What is the least number of packs of each Shawn should buy to have enough to serve 24 people and have none left over?

User Pablo Maurin
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Because you know how many he should end up with of each its actually quite simple.
basically it simplifies down to 12x=24 and 8x=24
which means he should buy 2 packs of hot dog rolls and 3 packs of hot dogs
User Mike Powell
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He should have at least 3 hot dog packs and 2 hot dog roll packs.
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