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Eric sells boxes of cookies for $8 each. Yolanda sells boxes of cookies for $10. Each of them sold the same dollar amount. How many boxes did Eric sell

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Answer:

If Eric sells boxes of cookies for $8 each, and Yolanda sells boxes of cookies for $10 each, and they made the same amount of money, then Eric sold 5 boxes.

Explanation:

To solve this problem, you must find the lowest common multiple of eight and ten. That would be 40, which is how much they both made. $40 / $8 per box = 5 boxes.

...And you don't need to know this, but Yolanda sold 4.

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