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mr.stevenson is ordering shirts and hats for his boy scout troop. there are 45 scouts in the troop. hats come in packs of 3 and shirts come in packs of 5. what os the least number of packs of each he should order to so that each scout will have 1 hat and 1 shirt and none will be left over

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9 shirt packs and 15 hat packs
User Pbx
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hats: 15 packs.
shirts: 9 packs.
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