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Janiyah earns $12 an hour working at Restaurant A. Her friend, Sarah earns $15 anhour working at Restaurant B. If Janiyah and Sarah both earn the same paycheck ofthe smallest amount, how many hours will Janiyah need to work?

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Answer

Janiyah would need to work for 5 hours for both Janiyah and Sarah to earn the same paycheck of the smallest amount.

Step-by-step explanation

It's basically an LCM problem.

The lowest common m

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