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I have 40 pieces of facemasks and 32 bottles of alcohol which will be distributed  equally to a group of front liners, if each of them will have the greatest          number of bottles of alcohol and facemasks, how many front liners will receive          each item?         Solution: ___________________________________________________________________         _____________________________________________________________________________​

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mhanifa

Answer:

  • 8 front liners

Step-by-step explanation:

Factorize the numbers:

  • 40 = 2*2*2*5
  • 32 = 2*2*2*2*2

LCM of the numbers is:

  • LCM(40, 32) = 2*2*2 = 8

This is a maximum number of front liners.

Each will receive:

  • 40/8 = 5 facemasks and
  • 32/8 = 4 bottles of alcohol

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