Question

a trader has two beverages A & B in buckets of 24l and 27l .She repacks the beverage in bottles of the same sizes. Calculate the least number of bottles she can obtain

Answer 1

Answer: The least number of bottles the trader can obtain is the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the number of liters in the two buckets.

We can use the Euclidean algorithm to find the GCD:

First find the remainder of 24 divided by 27, which is 24 % 27 = 0.

Since the remainder is 0, we know that the GCD of 24 and 27 is 27.

Therefore, the trader can obtain at least 27 bottles from the two buckets of beverages A and B.

Note that the GCD represents the size of the bottle and this is the least number of bottles that the trader can obtain.

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