Question

Three friends entered a race around a track. Edward takes 6 minutes to run one lap. Bernie takes 3 minutes to run one lap and it takes Freddie 5 minutes to run one lap. If all three friends begin the race at the same time, how many minutes will it take for all three friends to be at the starting point again?

Answer 1

It will take 30 minutes

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the time it will take for the three friends to be at the starting point again

What we do here is to note the time it will take for each of the three friends to run a lap

That will be 6 , 3 and 5

What we now need to know the time is to find the lowest common multiple of the three amount of time

The lowest common multiple of 6,3 and 5 is 30

So the amount of time it will take the friends to be at the starting point again is 30 minutes