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markosheehan

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Registered: 2016-06-15

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HCF and LCM

John has 32 red balloons, 24 white balloons and 16 blue balloons. she wants to make a number of identical balloon arrangements for a party. what is the greatest number of arrangements she can make if all the balloons are used . how many balloons of each colour are in these arrangements.

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Re: HCF and LCM

Hi;

The question is not clear to me. What do you mean by identical balloon arrangements?

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Re: HCF and LCM

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