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Pens come in boxes of 12, and pencils come in boxes of 15. Patricia wants to purchase the least number of pens and pencils so that she will have exactly one pen for every pencil . How many boxes of pens
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Pens come in boxes of 12, and pencils

come in boxes of 15. Patricia wants to
purchase the least number of pens and
pencils so that she will have exactly one
pen for every pencil
. How many boxes of
pens and pencils should Patricia purchase?

Pens come in boxes of 12, and pencils come in boxes of 15. Patricia wants to purchase-example-1
User Igor Tavares
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D. they would both equal to 60.

User Eliza Weisman
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5 boxes of pens
4 boxes of pencils
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