SOLUTION: Two balls A and B rotate along a circular track. Bought a makes 4 full rotations in 120 seconds. Ball B makes three full rotations in 60 seconds.if they start rotating now from

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Question 1079710: Two balls A and B rotate along a circular track. Bought a makes 4 full rotations in 120 seconds. Ball B makes three full rotations in 60 seconds.if they start rotating now from the same point, when will they be at the same starting point again? Show your work
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Two balls A and B rotate along a circular track. Bought a makes 4 full rotations in 120 seconds. Ball B makes three full rotations in 60 seconds.if they start rotating now from the same point, when will they be at the same starting point again?
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Ball A takes 30 seconds/rev, Ball B takes 20 seconds/rev
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It's the LCM, Least Common Multiple = 60 seconds.
--> 2 revs for A, 3 for B

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