A rice merchant has four varieties of rice. The quantities of each variety are 270 kgs, 288 kgs, 252 kgs and 198 kgs respectively.
A rice merchant has four varieties of rice. The quantities of each variety are 270 kgs, 288 kgs, 252 kgs and 198 kgs respectively. He would like to order for equal size containers to stock them for easy handling. What should be the capacity of the containers that should be ordered, if each variety of rice is stored separately in the containers without mixing?
A36 kgs
B18 kgs
C22 kgs
D14 kgs
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So 18 is highest common no that can divided all 4 no HCF (270,288,252,198) (15, 16,14,11)
For 270 kg rice easily handling 15 bags of 18kg
For 288kg rice 16 bags of 18kg,
For 252 kg rice 14 bags of 18kg,
For 198 kg rice 11 bags of 18kg.
So 56 bags of 18 kg each variety of rice is stored separately in the containers without mixing
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