SOLUTION: Emily and jimmy are running in a circular path. Emily completes one round in 4 minutes and jimmy completes one round in 7 minutes. If they both start running together, after how mu

Question 1003746: Emily and jimmy are running in a circular path. Emily completes one round in 4 minutes and jimmy completes one round in 7 minutes. If they both start running together, after how much time will they meet at the starting point?

Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is really a multiple problem. They will meet when the next multiple of both 7 and 4 occurs.

Multiples of 7: 7, 21, 28

Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28

They meet at the start after 28 minutes. 28 is the least common multiple of 4 and 7.

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