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Sydnie has an online biology quiz due every 4 days and an online math quiz 3 days. If both quizzes are due onDue on December 7, when is the next day both quizzes will be due again?DECEMBER 2020STMO20RNNA. December 11B. December 18C. December 19D. December 25tes

Sydnie has an online biology quiz due every 4 days and an online math quiz 3 days-example-1
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In order to find the next day that the quizzes will be due again, we first need to find the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 4 and 3.

To do so, we first need to factorate each number:


\begin{gathered} 4\to2\cdot2 \\ 3\to3 \end{gathered}

Then, we multiply each factor the maximum number of times they appear. In this case, we need to multiply 2 two times and 3 one time:


2\cdot2\cdot3=12

So the LCM is 12. Now, we just need to add 12 days to the last due date, which was 7 December. Adding 12 days, the next due date will be 19 December.

So the answer is C.

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