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One bus leaves a stop every 9 minutes.a second bus leaves the stop every 15 minutes.if they both leave at 1:25 p.m,at what time will they next leave together?

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9*15 = 135
135 minutes after 1:25 would be 3:40pm
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To find the answer, you want to find a common multiple. If you keep multiplying you will eventually find that 45 is the first multiple that both numbers share. The time would be 45 minutes after 1:25 The answer is 2:10 p.m.
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