Question

. Over the next two days, Clinton Employment Agency is interviewing clients who wish to find jobs. On the first day, the agency plans to interview clients in groups of 2. On the second day, the agency will interview clients in groups of 4. If the employment agency will interview the same number of clients on each day, what is the smallest number of clients that could be interviewed each day?

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

Given that :

Clients are interviewed in groups of 2 on the first day; meaning two persons at a time

Second day, clients are interviewed in groups of 4; meaning 4 persons at a time.

Therefore, if the same number of clients are to be interviewed on each day, the smallest number of clients that could be interviewed each day could be obtained by getting the Least Common Multiple of both numbers: 2 and 4

- - - - 2 - - - 4

2 - - - 1 - - - 2

2 - - - 1 - - - 1

Therefore, the Least common multiple is (2 * 2) = 4

Therefore, the smallest number of clients that could be interviewed each day is 4.