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Please help me understand why these two questions use different methods for solving

and how to use each way correctly

Please help me understand why these two questions use different methods for solving-example-1
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Answer:

36

Explanation:

the total sugar bags to be distributed= x=48

the total rice bags to be distributed= y=72
each family can take a package containing= 1x +2y
as each family can have 2 rice bags thus we can estimate the total number of families that can benefit by diving total no of rice bags by 2 which will be = 72/2 =36

the rice can be divided into 36 families
while the sugar bags can be divided into 48 families
as these have to be divided into packages so there will be 36 packages
that can be distributed into 36 families.

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