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This science club sponsor is ordering capes and shirts for the boys and girls in the science club. there are 45 science club members if the kids come in packages of three and the shirts come in packages
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This science club sponsor is ordering capes and shirts for the boys and girls in the science club. there are 45 science club members if the kids come in packages of three and the shirts come in packages of five what is the least number of packages of caps and shirts that will need to be ordered ?

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Let the number of packages of caps be x and the number of packages of shirts be y, then
3x = 45 => x = 45/3 = 15
5y = 45 => y = 45 / 5 = 9

Therefore, the number of packages of caps is 15 and the number of packages of shirts is 9.
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