Question

The easton west high school marching band has 52 members and the weston HIgh school marching band has 65 members.They are going to march in a parade. How can they be arranged so that each row has the same number of players? the players in each school have to separate.

A)Rows of 4
B)Rows of 13
C)Rows of 5
D )Rows of 8
Need help ASAP

Answer 1

The way to solve this is to add the members of both marching bands and then divide it by each option given until you find the one that divides evenly. In this case, you will have 117 members in total. The one number that can divide evenly into 117 is 13 which gives you 9. Therefore, there will be 9 rows of 13.

Answer 2

Answer: Option 'B' is correct.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of members in the easton west high school marching = 52

Number of members in the weston high school marching = 65

We need to find the number of rows so that each row has the same number of players.

For this we will do L.C.M. of 52 and 65.

So, L.C.M. of 52 and 65 = 13

Hence, there are 13 rows in all.

Therefore, Option 'B' is correct.