SOLUTION: In a zoo the ratio of giraffes to apes is 6 to 5 and the ratio of apes to zebras is 4 to 1. What is the minimum number of zebras the zoo could have?

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Question 203049: In a zoo the ratio of giraffes to apes is 6 to 5 and the ratio of apes to zebras is 4 to 1. What is the minimum number of zebras the zoo could have?
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the number of apes must be divisible (have factors of) 4 and 5

since 20 is the smallest number that has these factors, the minimum number of zebras is 5