SOLUTION: in a car park, there are 2 white cars for every 3 blue cars and for every 2 blue cars there are 5 silver cars. what is the least number of cars in the car park?

Question 828462: in a car park, there are 2 white cars for every 3 blue cars and for every 2 blue cars there are 5 silver cars. what is the least number of cars in the car park?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of blue cars has to be divisible
by both 2 and 3, so the smallest number of
blue cars is
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For every 2 blue cars there are 5 silver cars
is smallest number of silver cars
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There are 2 white cars for every 3 blue cars
smallest number of white cars

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