A farmer has 3 containers of capacity 48 litres, 36 litres, and 30 litres. Find the capacity of (a) The smallest vessel that can be filled by each one...

      

A farmer has 3 containers f capacity 48 litres, 36 litres, and 30 litres. Find the capacity of
a. The smallest vessel that can be filled by each one of them an exact number f times.
b. The largest container that can be used to fill each one of them an exact number of times.

  

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a. Find the L.C.M.
48=4^4
36=2^2x3^2
30=2x3x5
L.C.M.=2^4x3^2x5
=720litres vessel
b. G.C.D =2x3
=6litres vessel

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joseph rimiru answered the question on October 27, 2017 at 06:10

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