Question

Eric watered all the flowers at the business park while watering he noticed the daisies had been planted in groups of 4 and the liles had been planted in groups of 8 if eric watered the same number of each flowers, what is the minimum number of each that he must have watered

Answer 1

Minimum number of each flower that he watered is 8.

Explanation:

To determine the minimum number of each flower that Eric must have watered, let's use the concept of the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 4 and 8.

The least common multiple of 4 and 8 will give us the smallest number that is a multiple of both 4 and 8.

Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, ...

Multiples of 8: 8, 16, 24, ...

From the list of multiples, we can see that the least common multiple of 4 and 8 is 8.

This means that Eric must have watered the flowers in groups of 8 to have the same number of both daisies and lilies. Hence, the minimum number of each flower that he watered is 8.