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#1 2014-06-30 20:36:47
puzzle on finding out the biggest container
Required help to solve math homework problem
Three different containers have 496 liters,403 liters and 713 liters of mixtures of milk and water respectively. What biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly?
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#2 2014-06-30 20:41:14
- bobbym
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Re: puzzle on finding out the biggest container
Hi burgess;
Please check your other questions.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#3 2014-07-01 02:06:29
- David
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Re: puzzle on finding out the biggest container
Find the HCF. 31 litters.
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#4 2016-08-03 08:39:48
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Re: puzzle on finding out the biggest container
HCF. 31 litters
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