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6. The Awesome Bowl Factory makes two kinds of bowls. They produce a

basic bowl every 9 minutes and a gigantic bowl every 12 minutes. They
start at 8:00 A.M. At what time are the basic bowl and the gigantic bowl
first produced together?

User Wilth
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Answer: 8.36 a.m

Explanation:

To solve this, first we need to calculate the lowest common multiple of 9 and 12.

Multiples of 9 = 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90, 99, 108.

Multiples of 12 = 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96, 108, 120.

Here, the lowest common multiple = 36

Therefore, we will add 8.00am plus 36 minutes. This will be:

= 8:00 a.m + 36 minutes

= 8.36 am

The time that the basic bowl and the gigantic bowl are first produced together is 8.36 am.

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