SOLUTION: Imagine that you have 108 red balls and 180 green balls. The balls have to be packed in boxes in such a way that every box contains the same number of balls and there are

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Question 620737: Imagine that you have
108 red balls and
180 green balls.
The balls have to be packed in boxes in such a way that every box contains the same number of balls and there are balls of only one color in every box. What is the smallest number of boxes that you need ?
Kindly show the steps.

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
108 red balls and 180 green balls.
The balls have to be packed in boxes in such a way that every box contains the same number of balls
and there are balls of only one color in every box. What is the smallest number of boxes that you need ?

3 with red balls and 5 with green balls
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