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Yelena has 24 apples. She packs an equal number of apples in each of b boxes. How many apples are in each box?

User RoQuOTriX
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Answer:

Multiple possible without box count: 1,2,3,4,6,12,24

Explanation:

Without knowing how many boxes there are you can get multiple answers

if there are 24 boxes then 1 apple goes into each box

if there are 12 boxes then 2 apples can go into each box

if there are 8 boxes then 3 apples can go into each box

if there are 6 boxes then 4 apples can go into each box

if there are 4 boxes then 6 apples can go into each box

if there are 2 boxes then 12 apples can go into each box

if there is 1 boxes then 24 apples can go into that box

with added information i can edit my answer

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