Question

timothy went to a baseball game. after the game, he wanted to ride the bus home. the red line and the blue line buses both both stop at the stadium :a red line and the blue line left the stadium at 4:00PM :red line buses were scheduled to leave the stadium every 6 minutes :blue line buses were scheduled to leave the stadium every 8 minutes. If the buses run on schedule when is the next time a red line and a blue line bus will leave together?

Answer 1

This is a least common multiple question.

6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48

The least common multiple is 24. Therefore, the next time that both lines leave the station will be 4:24 PM.